Search for Sonny Fai continues

The search for rugby league player Sonny Fai continued today - eight days after he went missing.

Surf lifeguards continued the search for Mr Fai, who is presumed drowned in the surf at Auckland's Bethells Beach.

Mr Fai, 20, disappeared when rescuing his younger brother who was caught in a rip last Sunday evening.

The lifeguards did shoreline and coastline searches this morning and they plan to continue the search again tomorrow morning, said Dean Storey, manager at Surf Life Saving northern region.

"We expect to continue the search each morning until he is found," Mr Storey said.

- NZPA