Boating Safety Division Alerts

Current Alerts

Alerts are important advisories issued by the U.S. Coast Guard to all boaters or anyone on or near the water. These include new laws, rules, restrictions, health-related or equipment warnings, and other information that could seriously affect you or have an impact on your boating experience.

25MM Aerial Signal Launcher Converter Notice

Notice For Owners of 25MM Aerial Signal Launcher Converters (Pre-1997) ...more>>

Garmin® BlueChart g2 and g2 Vision v2009

Garmin® BlueChart g2 and g2 Vision v2009 Garmin, Ltd. has announced a voluntary product safety recall of the 2009 version of its marine cartography data card, BlueChart® g2 and g2 Vision. Affected data cards were sold between April 8 and June 3, 2009. Garmin has received reports of data cards giving inaccurate depth indications in waters along the coast of Sweden and Denmark. As a result, Garmin has chosen to recall all 2009 versions of the BlueChart g2 and g2 Vision cards sold in micro SD/SD card format. Customers are advised not to use these data cards for navigation. Affected customers will be provided with a free replacement. BlueChart or BlueChart g2 Vision v2008.5; and when the 2009 version has been corrected Garmin will make it available free of charge to those customers. For more information on the recall go to www.garmin.com/bluechartrecall ...more>>

DEFECTIVE TRIDENT LP GAS HOSE PIGTAILS

Defective Trident Marine 20-inch LP gas igtail hoses require replacement. ...more>>

Recall of Kidde Marine type fire extinguishers

Recall of Kidde Marine type fire extinguishers ...more>>

Important Info about MMSI-DSC Radio Procedure!

Important Info about MMSI-DSC Radio Procedure! ...more>>

CONSOLIDATED NORTH AMERICAN STANDARD-WEARABLE PFDS

CONSOLIDATED NORTH AMERICAN STANDARD FOR WEARABLE PFDS. ...more>>

DANGEROUS HAMMAR H20 HYDROSTATIC RELEASES!

CM Hammar, Goteborg, Sweden PRESS RELEASE SAFETY ALERT – DANGEROUS HAMMAR H20 HYDROSTATIC RELEASE FAKE COPIES! It has recently come to our attention that someone is producing fake copies of our Hydrostatic Release Unit, the Hammar H20. To an untrained eye, the copy is almost identical to the original product, with Hammar’s logo and address on the labels. The fake might look almost like the original product, but there is one very important difference: the copy does not work! We have tested several of the copies. Not a single one of them worked properly according to SOLAS’ specification – the fake H20 will definitely not release a life raft or an Epirb. We see this as a very serious situation. There can be a number of ships at sea that are sailing with fake Hydrostatic Release Units. If any of these ships were to sink, there will definitely be no life rafts or Epirbs that will help to rescue the seafarers in danger! ...more>>

Limited Recall Notice ACR GlobalFix iPro EPIRBs

Limited Recall Notice ACR GlobalFix iPro EPIRBs. 400 units within serial number rage of 1000 to 1699. ...more>>

Orion Safety Notice Update

SAFETY NOTICE UPDATE AND NEW OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS- Orion Safety Products, manufacturer of the Skyblazer hand-launched red aerial flare ...more>>

Manufacturer issues life raft safety alert

Life raft safety alert ...more>>

100-Yard-Approach

100-yard-approach ...more>>

(NEW!) Danger for Young PWC Operators...

The Coast Guard is urging parents to ensure their children get educated about boating safety before operating or riding a personal watercraft. ...more>>