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Latest happenings in SAN Diego on VHF radio - powered by vesselaware

This week’s standout San Diego maritime VHF traffic centered on a Coast Guard-relayed Mayday and two other serious offshore Pan Pan broadcasts.

The calls included a Mayday with unknown distress nine nautical miles east of San Clemente Island, the overdue 30-foot Santana sailboat Dos Gatos, reported overdue after last being seen June 17 near San Clemente Island while bound for Hawaii, and a 49-foot white cabin cruiser reported in possible distress south of China Point.

This week’s standout San Diego maritime VHF traffic centered on a Coast Guard-relayed Mayday and two other serious offshore Pan Pan broadcasts.

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VesselAware™ is an AI powered copilot that monitors, records, and visually displays marine VHF communications, AIS and USCG Notice to Mariners. VesselAware™ displays a real time feed of recent VHF radio broadcasts that can be read in text form or replayed in any language. It categorizes broadcasts, recognizing Maydays, Pan Pan, Sécurité, and Hails. It recognizes spoken locations and shows them on a map display alongside AIS data. It alerts you in situations such as your boat being hailed, navigational hazards, or distress calls in your proximity.

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