The search for a missing 18-year-old off the coast of New Plymouth will resume at 7am.
Two men fell into the water when their boat capsized off Back Beach about 6.30am Monday.
One man, a 26-year-old, swam ashore to raise the alarm and a call was made to police about 9.20am.
The second man is yet to be found and the search - which involved police, surf life savers, land search and rescue volunteers, the Taranaki rescue helicopter and the South Taranaki coastguard - was called off at 6pm.
The man who swam ashore was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
