Update: On Monday afternoon, a Coast Guard spokesman told The Standard that a second boat capsized off Bodega Bay at 7:22 a.m. with two people aboard. Rescuers were able to respond to a 20-foot vessel and recovered one person’s body but were still searching for the second person, spokesperson Rich Uranga said.
A sweeping search continued Sunday for four people missing since their recreational crabbing boat capsized a day earlier by Bodega Bay, about 70 miles north of San Francisco.
Two others from the vessel have been found: one dead, the other in stable condition.
The 21-foot white Bayliner departed from Westside Marina around 3 p.m. Saturday carrying three adults and as many children, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. It was supposed to return within four hours.
As the night wore on, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office commenced the search effort.
A cellphone ping placed the vessel’s last known location near Carmet Beach, authorities said. Debris from the boat was later discovered along the coastline.
Multiple agencies have since joined the search-and-rescue mission, including U.S. Coast Guard stations from Bodega Bay, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Humboldt Bay. The Air Force’s 129th Rescue Wing, Civil Air Patrol, and various local agencies are also scouring the seas as planes and drones search from the sky.
The National Weather Service has issued a small-craft warning for the waters near Bodega Bay through 3 p.m. Monday, with gale warnings from Monday afternoon through 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Authorities ask anyone with information that might help the search to contact the Coast Guard’s San Francisco sector at (415) 399-3502 or the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 565-2121.