This week’s San Diego marine radio traffic opened with a serious search-and-rescue alert off Carlsbad State Beach, where the USCG issued a Pan Pan for a possible person in the water. The alert reported a 54-year-old male last seen about 50 yards offshore near lifeguard tower 26. The week also included a Navy safety-zone warning near Northwest Harbor on San Clemente Island, where a vessel was ordered to depart immediately ahead of imminent live-fire exercises, and a local boater's report of a flipped jet ski just outside the Shelter Island launch ramp.
Vessel in the vicinity of the Northwest Harbor on San Clemente Island. You are in violation of 33 CFR 165.1141, which establishes a safety zone in Section A of San Clemente Island at a distance of approximately 3,000 yards from shore. The Navy is preparing to begin live fire exercises imminently. You need to depart the area immediately.
Coast Guard, Coast Guard, we have a jet ski flipped over just outside of Shelter Island launch ramp, blue body, jet ski flipped over.
Overall maritime VHF traffic fell week‑over‑week from 925 to 727 transmissions. Sécurité traffic remained essentially steady at about 203 messages. Pan Pan calls declined from 34 to 13 while hail traffic rose from 135 to 197, with activity stronger Monday–Wednesday and on Friday and a lighter Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Total transmissions: 727
Pan Pan alerts: 13
Sécurité broadcasts: 201
Mayday calls: 0