A search for two missing fishermen has been suspended after three days.
Police say LandSAR will continue the search around Slope Point, Bluff at 5am on Wednesday, but a marine search for the missing men has been called off.
The friends from Riversdale and Tapanui were swept off the rocks at Slope Point at about 4.20pm on Sunday.
A search for two fishermen missing near Bluff has been suspended.
A large search team was sent to Slope Point on Sunday - two helicopters from Queenstown and Dunedin, rescue swimmers, Bluff Coastguard, Bluff Harbour pilot vessel, the Takitimu and Catlins water rescue teams, along with three Southern region LandSAR groups.
The search continued at first light on Monday. Four inflatable rescue boats were deployed, along with three commercial fishing vessels.
A marine search for the missing friends has been called off after three days.
However, high winds and sea swells of four metres forced police to withdraw the fishing vessels from the search.
Several LandSAR teams, as well as a helicopter team, continued searching around the shoreline.
The sister of one of the missing men was at a look out of the area on Monday afternoon. She said another of her brothers was in a boat doing a sea search.
LandSAR teams will resume the search on Wednesday morning.
The woman has declined to comment further.
Slope Point is accessed via a privately maintained walk across farmland. Parts of the coastline are very rugged and inaccessible on foot.