The Coast Guard will continue its search today for a kayaker last seen Saturday near Kapa'a Beach Park in the North Kohala District of the Big Island.

Searchers aboard Coast Guard and Navy aircraft and aboard a Coast Guard cutter searched more than 12,000 square miles — an area about three times the size of the Big Island — by sunset last night.

The Coast Guard was notified early Sunday morning by the Hawai'i County Fire Department that Miguel Serussino, 26, had not returned to shore from a paddling excursion with relatives Saturday.

The Coast Guard asks anyone with information on Serussino or sightings of a yellow kayak or paddle in the area of Kapa'a Beach near Kawaihae to call 808-842-2600.

The fire department has discontinued its search.