Missing surfer: broken board found at Bali surf spot matches description

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A section of a surfboard matching the description of the one used by missing Australian Peter Maynard has been handed into Indonesian police.

The father of three from Queensland was on a solo surfing trip on Nusa Lembongan, an island just off Bali, when he vanished on August 27.

His family believes he went surfing that morning, as his white Hammo brand surfboard was among items missing from his hotel room.

Detective Nyoman Wirajaya says a section of surfboard matching that description was found at a local break called Shipwrecks on August 28.

The local man who found it handed it into police on Saturday after learning a surfer was missing in the area.

Police will ask the Maynard family for their help in identifying the surfboard.