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Date: 03/10/2025
Friday 3rd October, 3:12 pm – A telegraph pole was reported to be drifting near Gibbet Island, Flatts Inlet. Bermuda Radio broadcast a local Navigation Warning (LNW) regarding the floating hazard to navigation. The pole was reported again off Devonshire Dock on Friday 10th October and the LNW refreshed, there were no further updates and the LNW has now lapsed.


Date: 02/10/2025
Thursday 2nd October, 6:30 am – RCC Bermuda received an unlocated first alert from a Bermuda programmed EPIRB, the beacon was registered to the Cruise Ship VENTURA. The Carnival Fleet Operations Centre was able to confirm the ship was in the Bay of Biscay bound for Southampton, however the active beacon was no longer onboard the ship as it had been returned to the vendor when replaced. The alert was generated from a location near Bristol in the U.K., the cause of the false alert is being investigated.


Date: 30/09/2025
Tuesday 30th September, 10:15 am – RCC Bermuda received an unlocated first alert from a Bermuda programmed EPIRB, the beacon was correctly registered allowing the owner to be quickly contacted by telephone. The owner was with the boat which had just been lifted out of the water, further investigation found the beacon had been activated when it got wet inside a locker in the boat.


Date: 28/09/2025
Sunday 28th September, 5:10 pm – A 911 call was transferred to RCC Bermuda from police COMOPS, the caller was onboard a small punt with one other person and is concerned that they may drift out to sea as they do not have an engine or paddles. Further discussion found the small punt was off Kings Point, Coast Guard responded quickly and towed the boat to Mangrove Bay public dock, Coast Guard found the 2 people onboard had recently bought the punt were using sticks to propel it.