A 6m boat with 3 POB reported it had an engine problem and requested a tow. The boat was 100m east of Whale Island. An all stations alert was transmitted and a good samaritan offered assistance. Sea conditions were good with 10kt wind from the east and calm seas. At...
A 6m boat with 3 POB reported they had a battery problem and required assistance. The boat was 600m south of Whale Island. An all stations alert was transmitted and a good samaritan who had a spare battery offered to assist. Sea conditions were good with 10kt wind...
A badly broken cell phone call was received reporting that a 8m aluminium boat with 2 POB had electrical problems and needed assistance. The boat was 3nm north of White Island. Sea conditions were good with 4-6kt wind from NW and 6nm visibility. A good samaritan...
At 1037hr a 4.9m fibreglass boat with 1 POB reported that it had engine problems and requested a tow back to port. The boat was found 5nm East of Kohi Point. Sea conditions were good with 3kt wind from the West and a 1-2m swell. Whakatane Rescue was tasked to...
At 1331hr a 5m fibreglass boat with 2 POB reported that it had broached and nearly capsized while attempting to cross the Whakatane Bar. The boat recovered and stood off safely 0.5nm out to sea and at 1444hr requested assistance from Coastguard. The Whakatane Bar was...
At 1409hr the Police advised that a member of the public on the Toi Track at Kohi Point reported a surfer in difficulties in the tide line off Kohi Point. The tide was outgoing and the sea moderate with 9-11kt wind from ENE. Whakatane Rescue was tasked to assist...
