SURPRISE

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

SURPRISE is a passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2024, along with 23 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 20 August 2024.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 20 August 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 23 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 20 August 2024

Recorded inspections18

…physical examinations15

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 23 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2024)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

928811

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WDGO

277629

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-277629

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)109.5 ft × 30.0 ft × 18.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 263 / net 124

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)104.5 ft × 30.0 ft × 17.6 ft

ITC tonnagegross 351 / net 105

BuilderNot recorded

Hull materialWood

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSAN DIEGO, CA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 23 May 2025 · expires 30 June 2026

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it351 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
263 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
105 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
124 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 18

20 August 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7985282

12 December 2023 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7838647

29 November 2022 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7598689

7 June 2022 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · Damage Survey · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7472828

7 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7585011

18 February 2022 Hull Examination · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7457468

24 December 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7372221

24 August 2021 Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7294251

18 November 2020 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7096430

5 October 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7071647

20 February 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6912160

27 June 2019 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6727125

20 February 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6628893

13 December 2018 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6597412

20 March 2018 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6383507

10 July 2017 Deficiency Check · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6204245

16 November 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6042252

27 October 2016 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6034243

Deficiency record · 23

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

Vessel's fixed CO2 systems have not been serviced since 2021. Have fixed systems serviced prior to carrying passengers. Cite: 46 CFR 78.17-80

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 4 January 2024
Resolution: System has been serviced by Aztec Fire & Safety on 22 December 2023.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

Vessel's bilge suction system was inoperable. Demonstrate operation of the bilge suction system prior to carrying passengers. Cite: 46 CFR 56.50-50

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 8 January 2024
Resolution: Witnessed satisfactory test.

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

Vessel's radio/phone were missing/inoperable. Provide a working radio or phone for the vessel's crewman to allow for rapid notification of emergency prior to carrying passengers. Cite: 46 CFR 71.01-2

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 8 January 2024
Resolution: Portable VHF radio provided.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

No emergency lights near the rear stairwells. Install sufficient emergency lighting in the vicinity of the aft stairwells prior to carrying passengers. Cite: 46 CFR 112.15-1

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 8 January 2024
Resolution: Additional emergency lights were installed and tested satisfactorily.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

Remove or properly terminate dead-end wire at base of foremast on main deck prior to carrying passengers. Cite: 46 CFR 11.60-17

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 December 2023
Resolution: Wires were properly terminated in a junction box.

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

VHF-FM radio is inoperable. Repair/replace VHF-FM radio for use while underway and acquire an FCC Marine Radio Safety Telephony Certificate. Cite: 46 CFR 71.01-2

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 11 January 2024
Resolved 8 January 2024
Resolution: A portable VHF is being used instead of the tagged out permanently installed VHF, so FCC documentation isn't required anymore.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

Permanently mount the electrical junction boxes and switch boxes in the forepeak and forward bathroom. Cite: 46 CFR 11.81-1(e)

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 11 January 2024
Resolved 8 January 2024
Resolution: Boxes mounted appropriately.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment

Issued 12 December 2023 Resolved

Fire extinguisher in forward tank space was found laying on its side on a shelf. Provide a manufacturer approved mounting bracket for the identified fire extinguisher. Cite: 46 CFR 76.50-10(a)

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 11 January 2024
Resolved 8 January 2024
Resolution: Extinguisher mounted on approrpriate bracket.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical