LOS ANGELES – The National Weather Service is warning of high seas beginning Tuesday that are expected to last though Thursday. The Coast Guard strongly urges recreational boaters to remain in port during this time.
Seas off the Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and San Pedro seacoast are expected to range from 8-10 feet by Tuesday [...]
Posts on ‘December 3rd, 2007’
Weather Advisory: Boaters warned of high seas
Coast Guard responds to more than 90 people trapped by flooding
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is responding to more than 90 people in distress due to flood waters around the state of Washington today.
Two Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria and an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles is responding to more than 80 [...]
Coast Guard Interdicts 65 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island repatriated 65 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cubanãs, Cuba, Sunday, who were interdicted at sea in three seperate events between Nov. 24 and 27.
The crew of the cutter Knight Island interdicted 31 Cuban migrants and two suspected smugglers from a go-fast vessel 73 miles [...]
Mariners urged to exercise caution during heavy weather
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Due to the onset of heavy weather and gale force wind advisories in the region, the Coast Guard urges boaters today to stay off the water or exercise extreme caution when operating on the water.
The public can stay informed by monitoring the progress and strength of heavy weather through local television, [...]
Strong winds cause communication problems for Coast Guard
SEATTLE – The Thirteenth Coast Guard District Command Center temporarily lost communications with Coast Guard Group Astoria today due to hurricane force winds sweeping the Pacific Northwest.
A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air crew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento and will be patrolling the northern and central Oregon coast to serve as a communication [...]
Coast Guard discovers possible explosive in the Port of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – Officers from the US Coast Guard discovered what was believed to be explosives at the Los Angeles Cruise Terminal this morning at approximately 8:30 am. Law enforcement officers from the Los Angeles Port Police and Los Angeles Police Department responded with the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard was conducting a security sweep [...]
U.S., Costa Rican Coast Guards Seize Vessel, Cocaine
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, homeported in Astoria, Ore., seized a Costa Rican fishing vessel and retrieved more than 80 bales of cocaine from the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, with the cooperation of Costa Rican officials aboard the cutter.
While on patrol, Steadfast’s deployed HH-65 Dolphin helicopter reported a suspicious vessel, an [...]