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A search for a missing kayaker was expanded to the Port Renfrew area on Monday.

The Victoria Rescue Co-ordination Centre was contacted about 7 p.m. Sunday about a kayaker who had set out around noon from an area near Ella Beach.

Sooke RCMP said 38-year-old Timothy Ross, an experienced kayaker, was expected to return around 4 p.m.

Several witnesses reported a solo kayaker travelling along the coast toward Port Renfrew, with the last sighting near the Shirley area, police said.

Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue are actively searching the coastline, police said. Several other search crews are assisting.

A Cormorant helicopter and Buffalo aircraft were dispatched and searched until about 11 p.m. Sunday.

The search resumed about 5 a.m. Monday and included a Cormorant, a Buffalo, a United States Coast Guard boat, three Canadian Coast Guard boats, and the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Team.

Police are asking people on the water or the coast keep an eye out for Ross, who is described as white, five-foot-eight and 170 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black wetsuit and a striped wool maroon tuque. He is believed to be in a blue whitewater kayak.

If you see Ross or his kayak, call Sooke RCMP at 778-290-3791.

— Times Colonist