P/V Runaway Grounded on Coral Reef; Southwest of Culebra, Puerto Rico
Playa Sardinas II, Culebra, Puerto Rico | 2025-Jan-10
Initial Notification: On December 30, 2024, the 78.5 foot fiberglass passenger vessel (approx 75 gross tons) grounded on a coral reef SW of Culebra. The vessel has 160 gallons of diesel fuel on board and 20 gallons of lube oil. On January 10, 2025, the USCG hosted an incident specific call to brief the situation and plans going forward. Present on the call with Sector San Juan were USFWS, NOAA SSC, NOAA Restoration Center representative and Puerto Rico DNER. The RP's plan is to have all fuel removed today beginning at noon and refloat the vessel on Sunday, Jan 12th and take it to BVI for repairs.
Incident Details
Primary threat: | Oil |
Latitude (approximate): | 18° 17.27′ North |
Longitude (approximate): | 65° 17.76′ West |