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The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre has suspended its air and sea portion of the search for a ­kayaker missing in the Sooke area.

The decision to call of stand down part of the search for Timothy Ross was made at 5 p.m. Monday, putting the case in the hands of Sooke RCMP.

Fixed-wing planes from the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, a volunteer group, are still flying, and the search is continuing on the on the ground.

The search effort began when the Joint 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 the 38-year-old 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 have been searching the coastline and several other search crews were 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 was expanded to the Port ­Renfrew area. It 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.