UPDATE: Body of Missing Boater Found in Great South Bay

UPDATE 4 p.m.: The body of Andrew Weis was recovered Monday at about 10:20 a.m. in the Great South Bay, about a half-mile south of Copiague Harbor, police said.

Detectives from the Major Case Unit are continuing the investigation and are asking anyone with information to call 631-852-6555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

Original story:

The U.S. Coast Guard, Suffolk Police and local fire departments are continuing their search Monday for 48-year-old Andrew Weis, the Lindenhurst man who went missing in the Great South Bay on Saturday.

Authorities say Weis left Gilgo Beach at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday en route to Anchorage Yacht Club in Lindenhurst. Police say Weis was aboard his 13-foot boat. The Coast Guard says it was an 8-foot white and gray dinghy.

Weis’s boat was recovered Sunday morning in the Great South Bay off Venetian Shores Park in Lindenhurst.

Based on damage to the boat, detectives believe Weis was involved in a boating accident, police said.

Weis was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, beige shorts and a white hat. He is an experienced boater and a strong swimmer who had a life jacket onboard, said the Coast Guard, which has issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast to all mariners along the New York coast.

Searching for Weis are:

• A Coast Guard Station Fire Island Smallboat crew
• A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod
• Babylon Fire Department crews
• West Babylon Fire Department crews
• Suffolk Police marine and air crews

The public is asked to contact the Coast Guard Command Center at 203-468-4421 with any information that may help locate Weis.