Police have called off the official search for a five-year-old boy swept out to sea by a rogue wave at Mount Maunganui.
Jack Dixon had been at the beach with family. Photo: Supplied
Jack Dixon was washed away during a trip to Shelley Beach with his grandmother, aunt and three cousins on 2 October.
Inspector Karl Wright-St Clair, of Western Bay of Plenty, said today an extensive search on the foreshore and at sea has failed to find any trace of the boy.
Mr Wright-St Clair said the difficult decision to suspend the search was made in consultation with the family.