This week's San Diego maritime VHF traffic was led by a USCG Sector San Diego issued Pan Pan after receiving an uncorrelated Mayday on Channel 16, asking vessels to keep a sharp lookout and report any signs of distress. Additional traffic captured Mission Bay Lifeguards responding to an injured passenger aboard a 45-foot panga and Coast Guard Sector San Diego assisting a vessel experiencing engine failure.
Pan pan pan all stations all stations all stations this is United States Coast Guard Sector San Diego United States Coast Guard Sector San Diego United States Coast Guard Sector San Diego July 29th at 0812 local 6 and 12 coordinating uniform time Coast Guard has received an uncorrelated mayday call on Channel 16 All vessels are required to keep a sharp lookout as soon as possible and report all signs to the Coast Guard This is United States Coast Guard Sector San Diego out.
From Mission Bay Lifeguards, can you just repeat your location again? I got you a 45 foot Ponga. I had a female with a leg injury.
Hellings, this is Coast Guard Sector San Diego. I say again, if you have a commercial salvage provider that we can contact on your behalf to get you guys settled for your engine failure. Over.
Overall maritime VHF traffic fell from 1,073 messages last week to 731 this week. On-air Sécurité transmissions rose notably from 201 to 296 messages. Pan Pan traffic declined from 27 to 16 while hail stayed essentially unchanged at about 195 messages.
Total transmissions: 731
Pan Pan alerts: 16
Sécurité broadcasts: 296
Mayday calls: 1