The police received a report of an inverted kayak parallel to the Carmel coast near the Leonardo Hotel in Haifa.
The naval police forces who were called to the scene located the kayak, along with the personal belongings of the kayaker, but the kayaker was not located.
At this point, extensive searches have begun in the area, accompanied by a helicopter, police forces at the shoreline, with the assistance of naval forces and rescue units to locate the missing person.