Image via YouTube Imagine for a moment that you went kayaking and suddenly found yourself drifting to open ocean. That's when happened to one teenage kayaker. 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai realized that he was in trouble when he felt the strong current of the water pulling him out to sea.

A Hawaiian teenager who became separated from his high school paddling team after his kayak capsized this week was rescued after spending 11 hours lost at sea, officials say.

A teenager in Hawaii was recovering after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean search.