PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The search continues for a kayaker who went missing on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast stated that air and surface crews are searching for 19-year-old Elias Guillermo Lara Vargas.<\/p>\n
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials say they got a call around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday that two kayakers had gone missing.<\/p>\n
They were in the water around Honeymoon Island State Park.<\/p>\n
Authorities say three kayakers went out, and that two of them ended up in the water.<\/p>\n
Dunedin Fire Rescue says it rescued one person from the water who was then taken to the hospital to get checked out.<\/p>\n
FWC says the two kayaks were found on Caladesi Island.<\/p>\n
Search operations were suspended at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Dunedin Fire Rescue went back out to Honeymoon Island to search the shore for any signs of the kayaker.<\/p>\n
Multiple agencies are involved in the search.<\/p>\n
#Breaking<\/a> @USCG<\/a> air and surface crews are searching for Elias Guillermo Lara Vargas, 19, after an officer from @SheriffPinellas<\/a> reported kayakers in distress near Honeymoon Island State Park at approximately 6 p.m., Sunday.<\/p>\n Have any info? Call Sector #StPete<\/a> @ 866-881-1392 #SAR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dMXpkIFAv8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 U.S. Coast Guard Southeast (@USCGSoutheast) January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n