Coast Guard, Ocean Safety rescue kayakers on Molokini Crater
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Ocean Safety rescued two kayakers trapped on Molokini Crater Monday.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center received notification at 3:20 p.m. from Maui Fire Department of two kayakers who were beset by weather and were forced onto the rocks on Molokini Crater. After climbing to safety, the kayakers called 911 for assistance.
A 45-foot Response...
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City aircrew locates missing jet skier in Great Sound, NJ
CAPE MAY, N.J. — The Coast Guard located an overdue jet skier Wednesday at about 8:30 a.m. in Great Sound.
Found was Thomas Graham, 68, of Stone Harbor.
An MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City spotted Graham on his jet ski waving a flag. The aircrew directed surface assets to Graham’s location.
“We were coming over the water and I saw the jet ski first,”...
Coast Guard conducts multiple rescues in high surf conditions, urges extreme caution to beachgoers
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard rescued two men from a disabled Jet Ski in Bodega Bay, and another man who went missing while surfing near Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
At 4:07 p.m. Wednesday, Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay received a report of two men drifting toward the surf zone on a disabled Jet Ski off Mussel Point, north of Bodega Bay. The Coast Guard immediately launched two 47-foot Motor...
Coast Guard Station Portsmouth rescues 3 stranded jet skiers near Hampton, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Sunday after their jet ski overturned and floated away a mile east of Fort Monroe on Thimble Shoal.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads received a report Sunday that two men last seen on a jet ski were overdue at Paradise Ocean Club in Hampton. The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a response...
Coast Guard rescues 2 jet skiers stranded near Brigantine, NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard rescued two stranded jet skiers Sunday who became stranded near Brigantine.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received a report at about 1:30 p.m. indicating two woman were stranded after running their jet ski into shallow-water marshlands north of Sand Thorofare, approximately one mile west of downtown Brigantine.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter...
Coast Guard Station Rio Vista rescues three aboard overdue jet ski
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard received a report of an overdue jet ski with three persons onboard in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Calif., Saturday night.
One of the passenger’s mother contacted the Coast Guard reporting that her son and two friends got underway to watch the sunset Saturday and had been missing for approximately two and a half hours.
Coast Guard Station Rio Vista, Calif.,...
Coast Guard Station Miami boatcrew rescues 11-year-old boy after jet ski incident
MIAMI — An 11-year-old boy was rescued following a jet ski incident off of Monument Island, Florida, Saturday evening.
During a routine patrol, a Coast Guard Station Miami boatcrew responded to a report of an 11-year-old male who was unresponsive following a jet ski incident in the vicinity of Monument Island. It was reported that the male fell into the water and stopped breathing. The boatcrew arrived...
Coast Guard pilot in training has dramatic 1st rescue
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter crew conducting a training flight was diverted to rescue a man clinging to a telephone pole in the water Tuesday in South Bay, Port Aransas, Texas.
Maison Rickmon of Cuero, was riding his personal watercraft earlier in the day when it became disabled and was capsized by waves in the bay, leaving him in the water without a life jacket. He swam to...