A New Jersey couple has gone missing while on vacation in Barbados after renting jet skis and then never returning to shore.

Oscar Suarez, 32, and Magdalena Devil, 25, of Montclair were wearing life jackets after renting the personal watercraft at Holetown Beach at about 2:30 p.m. Monday and headed into the water, the Royal Barbados Police Force said in a statement.

When the pair didn’t return at the appointed time the operator from whom they rented became worried and began searching for Devil and Suarez with the help of others, authorities said.

Barbados’ Coast Guard and its police marine unit also searched for the couple in the water but failed to find them. Investigators couldn’t find a jet ski in the water, either.

Police also checked the Discovery Bay Hotel in Trents, St. James, where Suarez and Devil checked in Saturday for a one-week stay.

Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman.

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