#Coast Guard Maui

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Maui embarked 21 passengers from the charter vessel Maui Diamond after its engines became disabled and emitted smoke while transiting to the harbor.

The Coast Guard and partners assisted an injured woman aboard a small passenger vessel off the coast of Maui, Thursday.

The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from a commercial fishing vessel 78 miles offshore Kahului, Maui, Tuesday. Personnel aboard the 70-foot fishing vessel Pacific Dragon II, reported that a crew member was experiencing abdominal pain.

Coast Guard members and good Samaritans who responded during the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires received international recognition and awards during a ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Friday.  Altogether, Coast Guard responders and the good Samaritans rescued 20 people and assisted approximately 40 more during the Maui wildfires. 

The County of Maui announced that numerous County, State and federal agencies will be participating in a joint search and rescue exercise this week. The most visible activities will take place Wednesday, March 20 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Kīhei Boat Ramp and in the offshore waters between South Maui and the island of Lānaʻi.

The 55-foot Expeditions Five passenger ferry ran aground near Māʻalaea Harbor on Maui, Monday. There were three crew members on board at the time of the incident.

“Today, our assets remain actively engaged in the search and rescue response and our responders are operating and searching as though there may still be survivors in need of assistance,” said Capt. Aja L. Kirksey, Sector Commander of Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.  

Tuesday evening, the 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew arrived on scene and rescued 14 survivors from the Lahaina Harbor Breakwall with all survivors reported to be in stable condition.

A 70-year-old female passenger was found unresponsive while snorkeling and was quickly brought back onboard the passenger vessel Ocean Odyssey. Although she regained consciousness, a Coast Guard crew on Maui medevaced the woman for further care.

A spokesperson for Hawaii Life Flight tells Maui Now, “Global Medical Response can confirm that one of our Hawaiʻi Life Flight emergency fixed wing airplanes based in Maui, went off radar while enroute to pick up a patient in Waimea Big Island.”

Four Hawaiʻi-based Coast Guard units concluded operations contributing to the largest Coast Guard participation in the history of RIMPAC and return to service of the residents of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region, Aug. 4, 2022.

Two mariners were rescued aboard a disabled watercraft off Peʻahi, Maui, overnight. They were reported missing four hours earlier by a friend who received a text message that the mariners were experiencing engine issues with the watercraft they were on.

Fire, Ocean Safety, and USCG personnel continued searching for the snorkeler first reported missing on Tuesday afternoon. As of 3 p.m. today, there are no new developments.

The search by land and sea continues for a missing snorkeler in waters off of South Maui, south of the Fairmont Kea Lani hotel and makai of Mākena Road.

The search concluded at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17 after four days of searching that included over 122 hours and 825 square miles covered.

Five mariners were rescued after the 37-foot sailboat they were on, lost power and sails, and was floating adrift off of Kapalua, Maui on Thursday night.

The search for a missing swimmer in Hāna continued today with no findings, the Maui Fire Department reports. Crews will continue searching until nightfall today, and will resume at first light tomorrow if the man remains missing.

Six mariners were rescued offshore of Lānaʻi when their 24-foot recreational vessel became disabled about 1.5 miles off of Mānele Harbor on Wednesday.

At 1:40 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders received notification from a good Samaritan reporting they found the surfboard washing up to the shore with no signs of the owner.

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of a white, stand-up paddle board found 2 miles off Launiupoko, Maui, Thursday.