Coral Bay, 2 people missing

 Sitting at the islands listening to the ABC and I hear there is a search on for "2 men in there 50's in an 8m boat who failed to return last night.

Lets hope they are all ok...

 

 

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interesting - unless my eyes deceive me

Mon, 2016-05-30 07:31

 The west has reported that the vessel and trailer were located in a car park at boat ramp ?

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that's what is says but prob

Mon, 2016-05-30 07:53

that's what is says but prob just a typo.

Hope they are ok. didn't register with vmr and no epirp signal.

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ABC website has them still

Mon, 2016-05-30 08:48
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the vessel hasnt been located

Mon, 2016-05-30 10:45

the skipper is a good mate of mine well known in the fishing community and very water savy!

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Wishing them well

Mon, 2016-05-30 11:16

Hope they turn up safe. 

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yeh agree zoom gotta hope

Mon, 2016-05-30 11:34

yeh agree zoom
gotta hope these blokes turn up ok

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Wish we could help

Mon, 2016-05-30 11:43

 Sometimes ya feel like you just want to tow the boat up there and help up - I hope emergency services et al have plenty of help in the search.

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 Im pretty sure everyone will

Mon, 2016-05-30 12:31

 Im pretty sure everyone will be pitching in. From what I have read in the media, Police have their boat in the area and ar coordinating land, sea, and air searches. Strong southerly winds and a 3m swell would not be making it easy though.

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Mon, 2016-05-30 12:58

 The Dornier that went up this morning has come back to Perth already. Would have thought that would have stayed for the duration.

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Where to search

Mon, 2016-05-30 13:03

 The hardest part of the search is knowing where to look. Unfortunately they did not log on with sea rescue or tell anyone where they were going.

A lot of ocean up there.

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 I can't for the life of me

Mon, 2016-05-30 17:16

 I can't for the life of me understand why in this day and age people still refuse to log in with sea rescue groups, or at the very least advise a person onshore about their intended destination.

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ditto

Tue, 2016-05-31 06:16

ditto

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  Yep- agree. I really feel

Tue, 2016-05-31 06:54

  Yep- agree. I really feel for there Families.

Its the main reason why I login,and you only have to give a "Fishing Area" when you Log in. ie  for me its usually if you are moving around I give " Southwest corner Garden Island in close"  or oppox distance

Maybe not the best,but at least it tells Sea Rescue you are out there.

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Log ins

Tue, 2016-05-31 07:28

Would like to see it compulsory to log in, even now on duty logging in boats for Carnarfin fishing competition we see boats heading out without logging in when its one of the requirements of the comp conditions.

Its not as though we want to learn their spots as most of us have fished the area for years and probably know more than they could even dream about.

Starting yesterday we have asked some boats that we don't recognise their call sign for their phone numbers so we have some record of if we need to contact them if they fail to log off allieviating the need to call water police to do a follow up

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comp reg's

Tue, 2016-05-31 15:21

 Some of our comps rules at home (gero) are that you must log on for the days fishing. If you dont, no one on that vessel gets the points for that days catch... Its a good way to ensure crew remember to log on and have good comms equipment. :) 

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Same

Tue, 2016-05-31 15:23

Mandatory to log in, and also mandatory to call in during the day for the published radio scheds.  No call in = disqualified for the day. 

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A mate of mine is up there

Mon, 2016-05-30 14:17

A mate of mine is up there atm; he said all fishing has been called off today and anyone who can help is involved in coordinated search.  They heard some chatter about debris being found near the South Passage but there's been no confirmation either way.  He reckons yesterday was pretty feral.

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Well known guys

Mon, 2016-05-30 14:26

 Eskys thongs few items washed up.2 locals from mangles. Hope for the best . Doesn't look good. Unfortunately . Scary passage in big swells

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Here's hoping they turn up ok

Mon, 2016-05-30 14:29

Does anyone know weather it's an ali or glass boat, if the seas are as reported are 3 metres that's a pretty ruff sea to be searching in.

I hope the boat is still afloat and they turn up none the worse for the experience and have a good tail to tell the kids.

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 The news article pics are

Mon, 2016-05-30 14:35

 The news article pics are showing a large fibreglass walkaround.

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Mon, 2016-05-30 14:57

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Mate is on location at the

Mon, 2016-05-30 17:08

Mate is on location at the South Passage, the chopper and one of the rescue Naiads are sussing something out on the bottom inside the South.  There is no confirmation either way though; hopefully a false alarm but as others have posted there's been gear found which has been recognised to be from their tub so who knows.  Focus point is between Five Fingers and the Passage.

 

Update: false alarm, nothing found. Choppers and fixed wing aircraft are still looking but boats have been called back in to make a plan for tomorrow.

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Fingers crossed

Mon, 2016-05-30 16:31

Along with every thing else.

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 Hate to say it but It's

Mon, 2016-05-30 17:09

 Hate to say it but It's looking more like another victim for the south passage.

 

But I really want to be wrong!

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Here's to hope

Mon, 2016-05-30 17:55

from reports coming in apparently 4 m swell on Sunday

why would you even consider going out in that

lets all hope there ok  

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Hoping for a good result

Mon, 2016-05-30 18:53

 Channel 7 news just reported that they had advised their camp of an 8.30pm return. Navigating through the reef at night with 4m swells doesn't sound too good. Fingers crossed.

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swells

Mon, 2016-05-30 19:54

 south west passage can be tricky on the best of days let alone on a day with 4 meter swells and worse coming home at 830 at night with a  4 meter following swell  hope they make it

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Big swell.

Mon, 2016-05-30 18:17

 Swell picked up during the day on sunday.  Exmouth bombie ended up about 10ft with the odd bigger one around 2 or 3 in the arvo. It was really big by exy standards with big close out sets coming through dunes.  A surfer tragically died at  gnarloo on sunday

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yes unfotunatly

Mon, 2016-05-30 20:00

 surfer unfortunattly  did die on the weekend , i have always called it red bluff (before it got its aboriginal name)  surf would have been mad up there on saturday and sunday , about time telstra stuck a tower out there so you can get phone coverage when there is an emergancy

 

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 Red bluff is further south

Mon, 2016-05-30 20:11

 Red bluff is further south of there.

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 Pretty sure the guy died at

Mon, 2016-05-30 20:23

 Pretty sure the guy died at tomb stones, gnarly wave when it's big!

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 I've been down there on a

Mon, 2016-05-30 20:27

 I've been down there on a big swell day Paul, and yeah there are some massive sets. But they roll beautifully.

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 Yeah when it's breaking

Mon, 2016-05-30 20:38

 Yeah when it's breaking properly it's about 300-400m ride, I just take photos on those days tho haha.

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as the boys have said...

Tue, 2016-05-31 08:03

red bluff is about 35km from gnaraloo, and they actually do have 2 x Telstra phone booths at 3 mile camp, and another 2 at the homestead, both of which also have reverse charge options, as well as free 000 calls...

I have seen toombies a solid 12 -15ft, and yeah, its only for the hard-cores!! quite a few guys drove from down south, specifically for that swell too.

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 What did you call it before

Tue, 2016-05-31 12:21

 What did you call it before the aboriginals decided to change its name?

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week before

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:06

The weekend before had pros in camp getting stuck into it.

There was a head injury on the monday where reef was removed from a guys head then on the sunday just gone the fatality.

I think watching guys paddle into midgies at tow size - 8ft + ,  is probably the most ballsy waves Iv seen ridden there. An area where you really need to know your limits and dont go to impress.

Me , i know my limits and dont surf in general any where near the amount i used to so Im happy to crack a few a sit it out. Camp has a lot of crew chasing waves and thats where it gets dangerous as people completely out of there league get in trouble.

Winter is early this year and this May was more like August with a new swell nearly every 3 days.

Right now its settled back to a southerly flow/drift but its been hard work getting fish.

 

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 Sorry to hear that mate,

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:49

 Sorry to hear that mate, I've been watching the swells up there. All around the 3m mark?

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didnt know about

Tue, 2016-05-31 18:57

 good hear  about the phone towers being there now ,  i havent been there for about 6 years , i cant surf but used to go there fishing (red bluff) i saw many a sore and sorry surfer coming in after being pounded into the reef there 

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Good to see

Mon, 2016-05-30 18:34

Can't really shere details on here, but do really want to say it was good to see so many rec boats and people keen to do what ever they could.

Yet another reminder to log on or at least leave details about where you are going.

 

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Search area

Tue, 2016-05-31 07:39

Interesting that they only searched "500sq km"?

While it sounds alot, it's little more than 20 x 20km and isn't much further than say Boorabooja to South Passage and 10 miles out.

Im guessing that means they have some idea of what's happened.

Very sad for the families and locals involved.

Really hope there is at least some closure...

 

 

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Im guessing that

Tue, 2016-05-31 09:27

 Search area would have been caculated based on where debris was located , tides, currents etc. 

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 Boat has been found,

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:04

 Boat has been found, wrecked.

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 any more details?

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:35

 any more details?

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Ch 9 Facebook post states

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:48

Ch 9 Facebook post states boat hull found washed up and police say it is the vessel they have been looking for. 

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That's not good....

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:38

That's not good....

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I just hope the guys had time

Tue, 2016-05-31 14:46

I just hope the guys had time to get their pfds on and have drifted safely to shore somewhere. Do we know what direction the wind has been for most of the last couple of days up there? 

This story is one that I can't seem to get out of my mind.

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That's bad news

Tue, 2016-05-31 15:52

According to the "West" there were 2 EPIRBs on board so it reads like they where well aware of the risks of going to sea. I think what ever happened must have happened without any warning as these two men were not novices the news tonight may shed more light on what happened.

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 Certainly makes you think

Tue, 2016-05-31 16:52

 Certainly makes you think about how fast a broach could happen, or how a rock could appear just ahead of you in a trough before the next roller comes and game over.

 

Seriously hoping this is one of those 'it can happen' stories.

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False media report

Tue, 2016-05-31 16:50

 no boat has been found, 

lots of Chinese whispers going on

 

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Everyones nightmare that this can happen

Tue, 2016-05-31 17:27

 Hoping all ends well for all concerned

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 Just heard on the news that

Tue, 2016-05-31 18:16

 Just heard on the news that divers found an arm

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Tue, 2016-05-31 18:17

 Said on the news they found an arm??? :(

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 Sounds like they've hit the

Tue, 2016-05-31 18:30

 Sounds like they've hit the reef hard. Bloody devastating, brings it all home as to how dangerous it can get out there even for the seasoned guys 

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WA Police DIVERS on a

Tue, 2016-05-31 18:38

WA Police

DIVERS on a charter vessel discovered a human arm on the ocean floor near Coral Bay on Tuesday as the search for two missing fishermen in the area continues.

But police are not willing to confirm whether the arm belongs to either of the two fishermen from Port Kennedy who went missing off the coast of Coral Bay in rough seas on Sunday.

Andrew Hinds, 57, and Nigel Kitchen, 50, failed to return to shore on Sunday night after a day out on the water on their annual fishing trip, 1100km north of Perth.

A police spokesman confirmed late on Tuesday afternoon that “earlier today divers of a charter vessel notified police that they located a human arm on the sea floor near Bill’s Bay”.

“Police attended and divers retrieved the arm. It will undergo forensic examination and may take several days for results.”

The arm was found about 10am on Tuesday by a group of tourists on a manta ray dive tour off Coral Bay.

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Tue, 2016-05-31 18:39

 Either that or the Sharks got them afterwards.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-31/human-arm-being-examined-after-discovery-off-wa-coast/7464952
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What news station

Tue, 2016-05-31 18:57

Nothing on ch 7 6.00 news or on great western 7 news. Are you sure you are not getting mixed up with the guy been taken by a shark at falcon today, he's still touch and go from the last news report.

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Seven news

Tue, 2016-05-31 19:16

 Did mention arm coral bay. Falcon one different he lost part of leg

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I must of had

Tue, 2016-05-31 22:34

I must of had a quick nap when that part of the news was on, some nights it gets hard to keep the peepers open when I sit in front of the idiot box.

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 Has there been any more

Fri, 2016-06-03 07:42

 Has there been any more news? Just got home from Melbourne and just wondering if anything more was released on these guys? Very sad. Was anything said about the arm and/or any wreckage found? 

Thoughts are with family and friends of these guys.

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Search been called off after

Fri, 2016-06-03 08:07

Search been called off after 4 days, sad times.
The arm has gone for testing, should hear something next week.
I don't think we will see them again :(

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 If the boat did wreck, as it

Sat, 2016-06-04 11:16

 If the boat did wreck, as it is fairly confidently assumed, on or around the reef, it will only be a matter of time (perhaps a long time, though), that the wreckage of the boat is found by someone diving. Still just a sickening situation. 

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South passage Exmouth

Sat, 2016-06-04 13:11

If memory serves me right there is a very strong surge of water coming in through that channel on a rising spring tide, in calm conditions it may well be worth a flight along the reef line and looking inside the reef.

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 With the big swells they

Sat, 2016-06-04 15:31

 With the big swells they have been experiencing up there, the surf zone around the reef will be a mass of white turbid water. Imposible to see through from the air and suicidal to get a boat in close or put divers in. 

It will be found, given time and the right conditions.

 

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Has anyone heard an update on this tragedy

Fri, 2016-06-10 23:35

Just asking if anyone has an update on this tragedy. Facts not Chinese whispers.

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coral bay update

Mon, 2016-06-13 19:13

 Unfortunately no further parts of the boat or remains have been found 

Family are still waiting on dna results in relation to the limb which was found

Two very missed guys, one being Nigel the weigh master at Mangles Bay Fishing Club for the past 4 plus years, and Andy a past weigh master at the Rockingham Offshore fishing club and life member of Mangles Bay Fishing Club

Must say a big thankyou to the Coral Bay Sea Rescue, Water Police (Delphinus), Exmouth Police, Police divers, Coral bay local residents and all the rec fishers up on holidays who took a day off fishing to help search. The amount of resources that were provided was a credit to all involved.

When one is so close to a tragedy like this, it certainly opens your eyes up to how complacent we can be, while undertaking a past time so many of us love.

Its great to see, talk about the life cell etc, and how we can give ourselves that extra fighting chance if ever faced with the unexpected. I know personally my boat is already being fitted with the little safety extras that may one day just save my life and my crew.

Be safe guys 

RIP Andy & Nigel

 

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From what

Mon, 2016-06-13 19:45

 I heard today arm didn't belong dna  wise. Unsure. Sad . Gives all fisherman a warning . No risks . Ocean can be cruel no matter how experienced you are. Just be carefull.

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 Where did you hear that from

Mon, 2016-06-13 20:00

 Where did you hear that from Johnny? If that's the case who's arm is it.

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One of there good mates

Mon, 2016-06-13 20:17

 Just what I was told . Truth unknown?? Sea kem ?? 

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 Nothing to do with the arm

Mon, 2016-06-13 20:28

 Nothing to do with the arm but when we were searching for the missing blokes we were just inside the south passage and we watched a boat go out through the passage to go fishing. It was some older chaps in an old chivers 17 or 18 foot with a merc on a pod and when they went out they were about 40m right of the middle and there was a fair swell running and they went through 2 or 3 waves that were breaking. had We shat ourselves as we thought they were going ass up but they made it through.

Bernie from mahi mahi was saying that when he came in the south the same day this same boat followed him in and next thing his passengers are freaking out as this boat had a wave close out on it and they got lucky again.

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dna results

Wed, 2016-06-15 18:40

 dna results have been released to family, and is confirmed the arm belonged to one of the guys missing

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Maybe bit of

Wed, 2016-06-15 19:34

 Closure for family and friends . Not good. RIP Andy and Nigel.another 2 good fisherman gone.condolences to family and Freinds . 

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coral bay

Wed, 2016-06-15 22:21

 Im heading up to coral Bay on Friday. Do any members have any updates if they have found any of the missing boat as yet ??