Manuel Nolasco Duran, 56, of Honolulu was last seen by a coworker on December 3, 2018, leaving work to begin a vacation. He told coworkers he planned to paddle to the Philippines in a turquoise kayak, an estimated 5,000-mile trip he thought would take about thirty days. Reports indicate his last communication was on December 7, 2018, when he apparently set sail from Honolulu. He was 5 feet 3 inches, about 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and was last thought to be wearing either a gray long-sleeved shirt or a blue shirt with black pants.

After his expected arrival passed with no contact, family and friends raised the alarm. Honolulu police later found neither Duran nor his kayak, and his gold 2005 Chevrolet Astro van (Hawaii plate RRY 208) was also missing. The circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear and he is considered lost at sea. Did anyone in the area around Honolulu in December 2018 see a turquoise kayak or that van?