San Diego Lifeguards broadcast a sailing mayday on Channel 16, asked for the vessel location, and the call appeared active. Separately a chaotic unidentified transmission repeatedly pleaded "stay up," "help me out" and "grab me" and did not identify a vessel or status. Those raw urgent calls made this week's VHF traffic unusually tense.
Sailing mayday, this is San Diego Lifeguards on Channel 16. What is your location? Over.
Channel 16, this is U.S. Coast Guard, Texas, San Diego. I understand you hit a rock. What is your position? Over.
Maritime VHF traffic declined week‑over‑week from 441 transmissions to 371, a drop of about 16%. Hail-style calls rose from roughly 194 to 234 while Sécurité messages slipped from 72 to 65 and Pan Pan reports fell from nine to one. Activity concentrated more midweek with Wednesday jumping to 109 from 44 last week while Thursday and Saturday were noticeably lower.
Total transmissions: 371
Pan Pan alerts: 1
Sécurité broadcasts: 65
Mayday calls: 0