A person has been reported missing off the Geraldton coast between Drumbonds Cove and Coronation Beach .He was using a PINK NORTH NEO KITE . A major search has been initiated if anyone knows he is safe he is to contact the police OOO.
SORRY i was the last on the water a coronations and was made aware of this when police pulled me up on the way home at 830 9pm his friend in the police car opon suggesting i post something on seabreeze it was agreed to do so ......... Hope it all ends well ........
Thanks for sharing. We kited the same downwinder a little earlier and hope all is ok.
FR24 shows the search and rescue jet from Perth doing grids up and down the coast. I'm assuming significant search assets will be deployed at first light, but geez with a slight cross-offshore, 35+ knot wind smashing in up there the search area is growing exponentially by the hour. 
Anyone got an update? If hes not sitting on a beach somewhere its quite a worry. It was a very heavy day with a big swell, low tide, and sttong and gusty s/se wind.
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A person has been reported missing off the Geraldton coast between Drumbonds Cove and Coronation Beach .He was using a PINK NORTH NEO KITE . A major search has been initiated if anyone knows he is safe he is to contact the police OOO.
SORRY i was the last on the water a coronations and was made aware of this when police pulled me up on the way home at 830 9pm his friend in the police car opon suggesting i post something on seabreeze it was agreed to do so ......... Hope it all ends well ........
Local or tourist KOTP,
Matt 48 yrs doing downwinder from to coro last seen drummonds about 1400 hrs . theres a notice on gero sea search and rescue the jet is still up there looking
he Looks Local
Have checked Horrocks and Bowes, not sure if he would have drifted this far yet, but no sign of him.
Search has re commenced 0500hrs, air and boat assests deployed.
Kitesurfer - Matthew WING, 6ft3, 120kg.
Matthew commenced a downwinder from Drummonds to Coronation's yesterday with an ETA of 1600hrs.
Matthew wasn't a local but is an experienced Kiter.
131 444 for any information useful to the search.
000 if you find Matthew
Yes Matt is from Perth, very experienced kiter and been kiting 12-15 yrs I'd say! Hope all turns out well buddy and he is found safe!
3 of us left Sunset at 14:00 and never saw a kite along the way. I really wish we had seen him.
Apparently Matt has been found and is ok. Made it back to sure last night from reports! Great news!!!!!!!
Select to expand quoteRyland said..
Apparently Matt has been found and is ok. Made it back to sure last night from reports! Great news!!!!!!!
Great relief if this news is true. Any news on what happened to him?
Select to expand quotewww.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-05/missing-kite-surfer-matthew-wing-found-alive-off-geraldton/10686952
Missing kite surfer Matthew Wing found alive on Geraldton beach
By Jacob Kagi
Updated 23 minutes ago
PHOTO: Matthew Wing, 48, had been kite surfing at Drummond Cove in Geraldton. (Supplied: WA Police)
A kite surfer missing off Western Australia's Mid West coast since yesterday has been found alive, rescuers say.
Select to expand quoteRyland said..
Apparently Matt has been found and is ok. Made it back to sure last night from reports! Great news!!!!!!!
That is great news.
Select to expand quoteSpitfire said..Ryland said..
Apparently Matt has been found and is ok. Made it back to sure last night from reports! Great news!!!!!!!
Great relief if this news is true. Any news on what happened to him?
Fake news?
Confirmed Matthew has been located. 0930hrs, walking along the beach near Bowes river
I was down the mouth of the Bowes with binoculars and 4wd at 0600 this morning looking for him. Bit disappointing I didn't get to pick Matt up, but am super happy someone else did!! I really was not expecting such a good outcome. Pretty amazing to see the amount of resources put into the search effort. Makes you proud.
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Probably didn't want to pull into corros with a pink kite
Was gonna give him shidt about owning a pink kite
6ft 3 and 120 kg, might be a handful 
Kite was more purple than pink!
A few details
He likely "missed" coro on the downwinder.
Dropped the kite in the surf and blew out a panel. Made it to shore okay ( lots of reef north of coro).
Walked north along beach for about 4km, but was already past coro so almost made Bowes / Horrocks.
Went inland to try to find a road.....
Hunkered down for the night in his kite. Must have been to far inland for the plane that was using IR to search.
Walked back to beach this morning and got a jetski ride to the vmr boat for a run back to Gero. Happy Days.
