Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles issued an urgent Pan-Pan after receiving a Channel 16 distress call from the vessel Sundancer, which reportedly had been sinking with no position provided, and asked mariners to keep watch and report any sightings. Near San Diego, a Mayday reported a vessel fire just north of Shelter Island by the mooring buoys, drawing responders into an active evacuation. As crews managed the fire, the vessel Serrata requested immediate Harbor Police assistance for an onboard threat near America’s Cup Harbor, forcing responders to juggle a safety incident alongside the ongoing rescue.
Pan Pan, Pan Pan, Pan Pan, all stations, all stations, all stations, this is United States Coast Guard Sector, Los Angeles, California, United States Coast Guard Sector, Los Angeles, California, Time 0253 Greenwich Mean Time, 1953 local time, urgent marine information broadcast for the California sea coast. The Coast Guard has received a distress call on Channel 16 VHF FM radio from Vessel Sundancer with no position reported sinking. Any vessel that can provide information about the status or location of the distress call is requested to contact this or any other Coast Guard station. All mariners are requested to keep a sharp lookout and assist if possible and report any sightings to United States Coast Guard. This is United States Coast Guard Sector, Los Angeles, California, out.
Mayday, Mayday, we have a vessel on fire just north of Shelter Island by the mooring buoys.
San Diego Harbor Police, San Diego Harbor Police, San Diego Harbor Police, this is the vessel Serrata, over. Harbor Police, 116. We have a situation on our vessel right now where we have a guest threatening a crew member and we need immediate assistance, please. What's your location? We're located right in front of America's Cup Harbor at the Green Buoy in front of Valley High. 10-4, I'll try to get a third boat out there. We've got a vessel on fire we're getting people off of. Good copy.
Quick snapshot: for the week of January 17–24 we logged 326 maritime VHF messages with a midweek peak and a predominance of hail and uncategorized transmissions. Notably sécurité advisories accounted for 66 messages and hail traffic surged especially on Wednesday and Sunday which suggests elevated routine communications and a need to monitor safety broadcast patterns.
Total transmissions: 326
Pan Pan alerts: 3
Sécurité broadcasts: 66
Mayday calls: 2