HOUSTON — The Coast Guard on Thursday was searching for a missing diver 75 miles south of Sabine Pass.

Missing is 65 year-old Alfred Charles Lensing.

Eighth Coast Guard District watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon signal Wednesday evening from a 22-foot pleasure craft tied to an oil rig. Watchstanders contacted the person on the vessel who activated the EPIRB and learned that a second person on the vessel had gone spear fishing but did not resurface.

Involved in the search were:

• Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
• Air Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
• Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrew
• Coast Guard Cutter Beluga crew
• Coast Guard Cutter Pompano crew