Not far from where the kayaker fell into the Bay, an 18 year old girl from Tracy somehow drove into Alameda Creek in Niles Canyon a couple days ago. She's gone, too. Beautiful girl...
The high waters this winter are nothing to trifle with.
Posted on 01/25/2017 7:36:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
The search for a missing kayaker who capsized on Tuesday near the Dumbarton Bridge has been temporarily called off because of low tide, according to officials.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter ship and various small boats from local fire departments on Wednesday afternoon were pulled from the water. No trace of Kenneth Maldanado, a 30-something from San Jose who fell into the water without wearing a life jacket, has been found.
"Completely due to the favorable conditions and with no wind, high tide, we were able to cover a grid as best we could of the entire South Bay," said Richard Dickinson, marshland incident commander.
Maldanado was kayaking off the coast of Fremont just south of the Dumbarton railroad trestle when his boat capsized. Maldonado's friend, who was also enjoying an afternoon on the water in his raft, used a cellphone to call for help at 4:38 p.m., telling dispatchers that his buddy had fallen off his kayak into the water.
Officials on Wednesday sectioned off a grid around the southern portion of the bay to help centralize search efforts, but Fremont Fire Department Chief Diane Hendry said scouring the water was no easy task.
"Some of the challenges with the southern part of the bay is the tide," she said. "Being able to launch boats and work the southern part of the bay depends on high tide, low tide."
A coordinated effort by local authorities was implemented on Tuesday during the initial search effort, but Maldanado was still unaccounted for when the search was called off at 10 p.m., according to officials.
Aircraft were deployed by the U.S. Coast Guard and the California Highway Patrol. Menlo Park firefighters and the Fremont Fire Department both used drones to search the shoreline.
Firefighters from Redwood City, San Jose, Santa Clara, Fremont and Alameda County all sent water rescue assets - and as many as 13 boats were engaged in the search late Tuesday night, Menlo Park Fire District Chief Harold Schapelhouman said.
Rescuers were using FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) technology, which can pick up a heat signature, but the victim has been in the water for hours and may have gotten cold.
No PFD! Really a dumb ass —— Classic Darwin awards champ.
When I heard the missing man was not wearing a life vest, I didn’t expect he would be found, at least not for a few months. Sometimes a life vest makes all the difference.
I feel sorry for those city workers who had to spend all night dredging the stream for his body. That’s part of their job.
Why local news here?
Good question. Oversight.
Dear Governor Reagan: Would you please change the name of the Dumbarton Bridge?
Signed, Mary Barton
How was the weather on Tuesday?
Perfect for kayaking?
I thought the bay was about 6 feet deep around there.
I don’t think the water is very deep over there nor is the tide particularly strong.
Weird...
Maybe he hit his head on an old trestle, submerged under water
I heard they were having utterly horresndous weather in precisely that region - very high tides, high winds, nasty waves, and calamitous rains.
Am I wrong?
Water in low 50s does have a tendency to do that.
Not far from where the kayaker fell into the Bay, an 18 year old girl from Tracy somehow drove into Alameda Creek in Niles Canyon a couple days ago. She's gone, too. Beautiful girl...
The high waters this winter are nothing to trifle with.
I thought the same thing.
I heard a car drove into the creek, but didn’t know who it was. A real shame. And it must have been terrifying for her.
I’ve seen these kayak clowns challenge out and inbound freighters doing 20 plus knots for right of way in shipping lanes ...
If one of these clowns buys some sort of boat, it seems to mean they automatically know how to navigate, know tides and currents, know the rules of the road, and just about know everything else important - the salesman told them or they saw it in a movie or read it in some novel - I guess - as there does not seem to be an alternative explanation for their sheer stupidity.
The crabs will have a field day on him until he’s found in the low tide muck.
No such traffic at Dumbarton Bridge — very shallow water, lots of tidal mud flats, levies, and old salt ponds.
Bridge = strong currents and eddies.
Doesn’t mitigate what I said about clowns on the water.
Right and no PFD certainly qualifies as a clown.
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