Search for missing diver resumes off Wairarapa Coast

Searchers have resumed looking for a diver missing off Flat Point Beach, Wairarapa on Sunday. Photo / Google

A major search operation continues off the Wairarapa coast this morning for a missing diver.

The man was one of three divers who got into difficulty around lunchtime yesterday at Flat Point Beach.

Wairarapa Police Sergeant Peter Rix said a helicopter began an aerial search at 6.30am.

A local fishing boat was also on the water with a naval vessel, the HMNZS Otago and her rigid hulled inflatable boat.

Rix said the area was remote and a southerly was forecast.

Yesterday the Wellington Police Maritime Unit's launch was forced to turn back after the sea and weather conditions deteriorated.