Authorities are searching for a paddleboarder who went missing near Miami Monday evening.
The 29-year-old paddleboarder and experienced fisherman, Luciano Mercenari, was last seen around 5:15 p.m. near Cape Florida on Pines Canal in Key Biscayne, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
He was on an aqua and orange paddleboard, wearing a light gray long sleeve "reef cheefs" rash guard and gray sports shorts.
Luciano is 6-foot-2, about 200 pounds, with dark brown hair and a beard.
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Footage from Chopper 6 showed Miami-Dade Police and Coast Guard helicopters searching for Luciano on Tuesday morning.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call police at 305-365-5555.
