Vessel taking on water near Ocean Beach Pier, San Diego CA


A vessel with five people onboard is taking on water about 2.3 miles southwest of Ocean Beach Pier. The Coast Guard and lifeguards have launched a response vessel to assist. The amount of water on board the boat is unknown, and the vessel is described only as a Parker type. Efforts to contact the people on the vessel have been unsuccessful so far.
Audio|Source: San Diego City Lifeguards
02:28
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch the Forsam for Coast Guard report of a vessel taken on water, 2.3 miles south of OVPier.
00:10
24th town, go ahead.
00:11
So I'm going to have a mouthful here.
00:13
Stand by. Coast Guard was patched in on some kind of a 911 call.
00:17
They're not able to help me out with getting a hold of the RPs.
00:21
They lost the contact.
00:22
They lost the patch.
00:24
They've launched their vessel to a parker that has 5 POB with TFDs on.
00:31
That's boat was, the villages were filling, not able to keep up, if you will, but they don't know how much water's on board.
00:38
And it did give me the Latin wrong that I'm going to plot now.
00:43
They said 2.3 miles southwest of the OBPier.
00:47
24-7 copies and anything over VHF.
00:51
They just threw out their first Pompon right now.
00:54
But nothing else.
00:55
They called me and told me they had to call and they've already launched for it.
00:59
And they don't have a description of the vessel or color other than it's a Parker.
01:03
Copy that. And you said Coast Guard is sending a response?
01:07
They've already launched, they launched, and then called me.
01:11
We'll start at the Triton and service, and then we'll wait for further information.
01:18
We're making the conference call.
01:19
24th stand for the King, we're just passing to Terra Cove right now.
01:22
We're on our way back.
01:23
Copy that.
01:24
If you can expedite and we're going to be taken Triton, if you guys can grab a surfboat.
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Location mentioned:
Near Ocean Front St, San Diego, CA 92107
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