Coast Guard search for missing paddleboarder Matt Pawlowski hits Day 5

U.S. Coast Guard crews are preparing to search through the night for a 48-year-old man who went missing this week while paddleboarding off the coast of Jupiter.

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In an update the evening of Friday, Sept. 18, the Coast Guard said planes and cutter-vessel crews are continuing to look for Matt Pawlowksi, who was last seen on the morning of Sept. 14 about 4 miles offshore.

The search for Pawlowski reached its fifth day on Sept. 18, with three Coast Guard cutter ships leading it with assistance from a long-range Coast Guard surveillance aircraft.

According to Coast Guard reports, Pawlowski was last seen heading east at about 9 a.m. Sept. 14 as he navigated the waters off Jupiter Beach. The agency said Pawlowski, 48, was riding a 14-foot lime-green-and-yellow paddleboard when he went missing.

The agency said Pawlowski, 48, was riding a 14-foot lime-green-and-yellow paddleboard when he went missing.

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An unmanned paddleboard matching the one he was using was found Sept. 16 off the coast of Jupiter Island, north of Jupiter Beach. A Good Samaritan recovered it and turned it over to local police.

An online profile indicates that Pawlowksi is an executive at NextEra Energy, the parent company for Florida Power & Light, in Juno Beach and that he once served as treasurer for the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission. Pawlowski has been a member of the North Palm Beach Rowing Club and he has actively been involved in fitness training.

A member of the rowing club described Pawlowski as an excellent rower.

Julius Whigham II covers northern Palm Beach County and public safety for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at [email protected] and follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at @JuliusWhigham. Help support our work: Subscribe today.

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This story was originally published September 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM.