The Coast Guard recently rescued five adults after their vessel capsized outside Nawiliwili Harbor in Lihue.

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received notification from Coast Guard Station Kauai personnel who overheard a transmission about a capsized boat outside the harbor with five adults in the water. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of a Station Kauai 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew.

The boat crew arrived and found one adult on the hull of a 15-foot boat and four adults in the water. All five people were not wearing life jackets.

The RB-M crew rescued all five boaters from the water, righted the boat, placed it in a tow and transported the vessel and survivors to Nawiliwili Boat Harbor. No injuries were reported.