Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters near Humboldt Bay

Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard suspended its active search for two overdue boaters near Humboldt Bay, Wednesday evening.
Missing are 68-year-old Scott Arbaugh and his son, 49-year-old Josh Arbaugh.
Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews, Coast Guard...
Coast Guard rescues 3 people from stranded fishing boat near Big Lagoon

Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter File Photo
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Sunday after their fishing boat lost propulsion approximately a quarter mile from Big Lagoon.
The captain of the fishing boat Jeannie II notified Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders via VHF channel 16 at approximately 2:40 p.m. stating their vessel had lost propulsion and was drifting...
Coast Guard crew rescues 2 from sinking boat south of Eureka

A Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay crewmember looks out at the pleasure craft Wooden Mistress, 28 miles south of Eureka, California, Sept. 12, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
EUREKA, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued 2 people aboard a disabled vessel Saturday, approximately 11 miles southwest of Petrolia.
Crewmembers aboard the pleasure craft Wooden Mistress, a 52-foot motor vessel, contacted...
Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to plane crash in Humboldt Bay

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin pilot from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay scans the site of a downed aircraft, Feb. 6, 2020, in North Humboldt Bay, California. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard)
EUREKA, Calif. — Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to a plane crash in North Humboldt Bay, Thursday morning.
At approximately 7:10 a.m., the Eureka Police Department relayed a distress call to Coast Guard...
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Humboldt Bay

Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter File Photo
EUREKA, Calif. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel near the Humboldt Bay entrance channel, Sunday evening.
A crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Elly notified Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders at approximately 7:10 p.m., that their vessel was sinking near the south jetty of the Humboldt Bay entrance channel.
The watchstanders...
Coast Guard Cutter Terrell Horne visits Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay

The Coast Guard Cutter Terrell Horne arrives in Humboldt Bay to conduct maritime law enforcement operations in support Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay, June 29, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif — Coast Guard Cutter Terrell Horne visited California’s North Coast to conduct maritime law enforcement operations in support Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay, June 26, 2019.
The Terrell...
Coast Guard conducts multiple rescues across Northern California in May

Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class DaVonte’ Marrow.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay crews in Northern California assisted 15 vessels since the beginning of May in the waters near Trinidad, Humboldt Bay, Eel River, Cape Mendocino and Shelter Cove.
Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay and Coast Guard Station Noyo River boat crews assisted...