Divers search for a missing boatie in Wellington Harbour . Photo / Herald on Sunday / Hagen Hopkins
Police have found the body of a fisherman who went missing after a dinghy sank in Wellington Harbour this afternoon.
Divers made the discovery at about 5.25pm - 2hrs after the boat sank.
"The matter will now be referred to the coroner," said a police spokesperson.
The male, believed to
be his his forties, was fishing with another man when their dinghy took on water about 75metres offshore from Hutt Road (SH2) near the Horokiwi turnoff.
"It is not known how the dinghy sank however one of the fishermen swam ashore following the incident which was witnessed by a member of public and reported to emergency services," said a police spokesperson.
