New Zealand / Southland

Search for men off Catlins coast continues

11:09 am on 29 January 2019

The search for two missing fisherman in Southland restarted this morning about 10am.

The alarm was raised on Sunday afternoon after the men appeared to have been swept off rocks near Slope Point Road in Southland.

A marine search has just started and a land and coast search will get underway this afternoon at low tide.

Heavy swell and high winds have been hampering efforts, forcing boats to stop searching yesterday afternoon.