Barry Dennis James was a 53-year-old visitor from England when he disappeared on February 25, 2004, after entering the water at Waialee Beach Park in Haleiwa on Oʻahu’s North Shore. He was described as about 6 feet tall, 196 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, and reportedly wearing dark swim shorts. He had been with a friend who saw him enter the ocean, then stepped away briefly; when the friend returned to check, Barry was gone and his belongings remained on the beach.

An extensive search was conducted but Barry was not found. The known timeline is very narrow: a day at the shore, a swim, and then an unexplained disappearance with personal items left behind.

If anyone was at Waialee Beach Park on February 25, 2004, or has information about Barry’s movements that day, please share what was seen or heard.