Archive image: U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Rod Llanos, a flight mechanic assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, monitors a hoist operation from the cabin door of an MH-65E Dolphin helicopter during search and rescue (SAR) training at Bellows Air Force Base, Hawaii, July 9, 2026.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Jade Holmes.
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of two boaters (men) after their 10-foot catamaran capsized approximately 11 nautical miles off Haleiwa. Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
A Coast Guard HC-130J Super Hercules airplane crew and an MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point located the men in the water with the capsized vessel. The MH-65E Dolphin aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer and safely hoisted them using a rescue basket. Once onboard, the rescue helicopter aircrew headed to land to transport the both men to Air Station Barbers Point, in Kapolei.
Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received a personal locator beacon (PLB) alert at 11:52 a.m., indicating a position along the north side of Oahu.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB), and the airplane and rescue helicopter aircrews already airborne at the time diverted to assist.
A Coast Guard HC-130J Super Hercules airplane crew and the MH-65E Dolphin aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point located the men in the water with the capsized vessel. The helicopter aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer and safely hoisted them using a rescue basket.
U.S. Coast Guard video edited by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mikaela McGee.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.
U.S. Coast Guard Oceania.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area.
At 1:45 p.m., the aircrews located the capsized vessel and hoisted the two men from the water. There are no reported injuries.
“Registering your personal locator beacon can mean the difference between a quick rescue and an extended search at sea,» said Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Lenk, command duty officer, Coast Guard Oceania District. »It is imperative to register your PLB’s and Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), or risk delaying critical response times.”
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