Coastguard Mana / February 2012
Coastguard Mana is an affiliated member of Coastguard New Zealand and is a Unit of Coastguard Central Region. We are based at the Mana Cruising Club / Mana Marina on the west coast of the North Island, just up the road from Wellington. Our area of responsibility covers the Mana inshore recreational area and the northern end of Cook Strait across to the top of the Marlborough Sounds.
- Tagged as:
- boating
- emergencyservices
- kapiti
- sport
- places
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Swimmers caught in tidal stream in channel
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 09/02/2012 - 16:30 - 16:45 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 1 Two swimmers were caught in the tidal flow exiting the channel into Porirua Harbour on an outgoing tide. This pushed them out of the channel entrance towards Goat Point. The swimmers were spotted waving and screaming for assistance and Coastguard Mana was activated by Police to assist. A training crew was already onboard Trust Porirua Rescue in the marina, engines fired up and ready to depart on a training excercise, when the call came through. They were able to depart immediately and were on scene within 3 minutes of the call from Police. Resources Attendees: Chris Darch Gary Spence Mark Presling Peter Feely Rod Hall Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
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Missing diver near Makara Beach
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Mon, 13/02/2012 - 14:40 - 15:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 0 Total Volunteer Hours: 7 I diver was reported as missing south of Mana Island near Makara Beach. Coastguard Mana activated a callout but were stood down at 15:30, just as we were about to depart Mana Marina, as the diver had been located safe and well. A vessel had dropped off the diver at 12:30 and then went to a different location, due to return and pick them up at 13:20. When the vessel returned they couldn't locate the diver and started a search, calling Police by phone. Resources Attendees: Carolyn Jameson Chris Darch Gary Spence Grant Porter Mark Presling Matt Annear Matt Morris-Jenkins Peter Feely Trevor Farmer read more
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- makara
Makara, Wellington
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Boat broken down near Ohau Point
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 04/02/2012 - 18:00 - 23:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 15 Coastguard Mana was tasked by Police to recover a broken down vessel with three people on board from Ohau Point, south of Makara Beach. When CRV Trust Porirua Rescue arrived on scene it was discovered that two of the people had already been returned by another vessel to Makara Beach. The remaining person was towed back to Mana. The vessel was a 17ft runabout that had experienced mechanical failure. Vessel Details Length: 5.30m Resources Attendees: Grant Porter Rachel Porter Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image:
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- makara
- porirua
Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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