Canandaigua Lake, N.Y. -- An extensive search for a man who went missing after reportedly jumping into Canandaigua Lake was unsuccessful Friday afternoon.
Around 1:39 p.m., deputies received reports that an adult man jumped into Canandaigua Lake off a boat and did not resurface, according to a news release from the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office.
The man was not wearing any personal floatation equipment when he went under, deputies said.
The Sheriff’s Marine Patrol and drone were dispatched to the east side of Canandaigua Lake near LeTourneau Christian Camp, deputies said. Several other boat rescue crew were also deployed, they said.
Despite the extensive search efforts, there was no sign of the man in the water or on the shore, deputies said.
Divers for the sheriff’s office and the Branchport Fire Department and a State Police boat equipped with side scan sonar were called in.
Around 7:30 p.m., six hours after the man was reported missing, the sonar located a “target of interest”, deputies said.
Due to the depth of the target, special divers and equipment are needed to make the recovery, deputies said.
The special divers and equipment will not be available until Monday morning so the search was called off, they said. The recovery will resume Monday, deputies said.
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