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PARADISE DIVER

PARADISE DIVER is a 1998 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 32 inspections since 1998, most recently in August 2025, along with 49 deficiencies and 3 operational controls.

Records from 1998 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 August 2025.

Built
1998
Last inspected
27 August 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

WCY9863
472304
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UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-472304

Inspections, by type

Years with a record 20 calendar years (1998–2025)
The 32 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1977.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)38.0 ft × 12.3 ft × 5.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 17 / net 13
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderCANAVERAL CUSTOM BOATS, INC. · CAPE CANAVERAL, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1998
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portLA PARGUERA, PR
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 17 December 2025 · expires 31 January 2027
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 it13 - Simplified, Net Ton
17 - Simplified, Gross Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

WCY9863MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 9 April 1999, cancelled 13 June 2009 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspection history · 32

27 August 2025 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8225536
4 December 2024 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8042995
6 August 2024 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7975629
9 January 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7846374
20 October 2022 COI Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7580807
20 October 2022 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7594685
11 October 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7574845
9 November 2020 Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7092736
26 April 2020 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6944027
23 July 2019 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6759345
1 June 2018 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6430858
22 August 2017 Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6250126
30 August 2016 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5989557
16 November 2015 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5764546
16 September 2015 Hull Examination
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5748493
19 August 2014 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4959391
8 December 2011 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4204317
7 September 2011 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4138473
10 August 2011 Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office Ponce · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4111344
3 October 2007 COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3072032
18 September 2006 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2781348
9 June 2006 Hull Examination · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2675112
8 August 2005 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2455833
3 June 2004 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2086291
29 April 2004 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2092500
27 March 2002 Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1598771
7 March 2001 Administrative
Administrative · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1060268
11 May 2000 Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1418699
2 September 1999 Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1401074
22 July 1998 Administrative
Administrative · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1129255
21 July 1998 COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 805820
21 July 1998 Plan Review "T" Boat · Hull Examination · Initial Certification
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1464111

Deficiency record · 49

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 9 January 2024 Resolved
Each vessel that operates on the high seas, or that operates beyond three miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes, must have on board a FCC Type Accepted Category 1, 406 MHz EPIRB, installed to automatically float free and activate. Replace expired battery on EPIRB. 46CFR180.64
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 February 2024
Resolved 11 January 2024
Resolution: Replaced expired battery on EPIRB.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 9 January 2024 Resolved
The minimum number of portable fire extinguishers required on a vessel must be acceptable to the cognizant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, but must not be fewer than the minimum number required by Table 181.500(b). Install 40-B:C extinguisher in the vicinity of the machinery space. 46CFR181.500.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 February 2024
Resolved 11 January 2024
Resolution: Installed 40-B:C extinguisher in the vicinity of the machinery space.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors
Issued 9 January 2024 Resolved
A hatch exposed to the weather must be watertight. FWD cabin hatch needs to be made watertight. 46CFR179.360.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 January 2024
Resolved 11 January 2024
Resolution: FWD cabin hatch needs made watertight.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 20 October 2022 Resolved
All single Screw vessels in coastwise service shall be provided with an auxiliary steering arrangement. Provide attachment point for emergency tiller. 46CFR182.30-5 (a)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 25 October 2022
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 23 July 2019 Resolved
Oil pressure issue. Diagnosis pends
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 20 October 2022
Fire Fighting › Fixed CO2 Fire Extinguishing System › Servicing
Issued 30 August 2016 Resolved
Prove proper operation of the engine room pre engineered fixed fire fighting system
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 September 2016
Resolution: Proved proper operation of the engine room pre engineered fixed fire fighting system
Fire Fighting › Portable Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher › Service
Issued 30 August 2016 Resolved
Service one portable fire extinguisher
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 September 2016
Resolution: Serviced one portable fire extinguisher
Lifesaving › Hand Flares › Not on Board
Issued 30 August 2016 Resolved
Obtain 12 valid hand held flares
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 September 2016
Resolution: Obtained 12 valid hand held flares
Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Cable
Issued 30 August 2016 Resolved
Remove and replace welding cable from the 12v MDE starting Circuit with approved Marine Grade
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 September 2016
Resolution: Removed and replaced the welding cable from the 12v MDE starting Circuit with approved Marine Grade
Deck/Cargo › Mooring/Anchoring › Anchor Rope
Issued 30 August 2016 Resolved
Replace stretched section of anchor line
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 September 2016
Resolution: Removed the stretched section of anchor line
Engineering › Fuel Oil Storage/Transfer System › Tank
Issued 16 November 2015 Resolved
Top of fuel tank found to be holed in several locations. The effected area is 2' by 1' located at the fuel shutoff valve and contains 7 penetrations. All of the penetrations have heavy pitting around them due to dissimilar metals. Provide repair proposal to repair as new the effected portion of the fuel tank top.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: New approved fuel tank was intalled and inspected.
Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights
Issued 16 November 2015 Resolved
Anchor light found to be extinguished. Repair extinguished anchor light
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: Anchor light replaced and fully operational.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Lights
Issued 16 November 2015 Resolved
Replace the two extinguished child lifejacket lights.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: All lights replaced and operational
Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-igniting Lights
Issued 16 November 2015 Resolved
Replace the expired 6v float light battery with approved screw terminal style battery.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: Battery replaced and light fully operational
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Floating Electric Waterlight
Issued 16 November 2015 Resolved
Replace the expired 6V float light battery with approved screw terminal style battery.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: Battery replaced and light is fully operational.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Lights
Issued 19 August 2014 Resolved
The lights for the lifejackets were expired. The vessels owner was aware and had already placed an order for new lights. IAW 46 CFR 180.75 (b) (2) the vessel is restricted to no more than 20 miles from a harbor of safe refuge until the lifejacket lights are accounted for.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 15 September 2014
Resolution: RIO PONCE received via Email a receipt and Photo proof that the vessel has received the required number of new Lifejacket Lights.
Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Markings (ship name/port)
Issued 7 September 2011 Resolved
Replace retro tape on lifebouy (lifebouy)
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 September 2011
Resolved 14 September 2011
Resolution: Retro tape was properly placed.
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Markings
Issued 7 September 2011 Resolved
Replace retro tape on lifefloat.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 September 2011
Resolved 14 September 2011
Resolution: Retro tape was properly placed.
Engineering › Bilge Water Management System › Pump
Issued 7 September 2011 Resolved
Connect audible alarm for bilge pump
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 September 2011
Resolved 14 September 2011
Resolution: Audible bilge alarms were placed.
Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights
Issued 7 September 2011 Resolved
Replace port side bulb
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 7 September 2011
Resolved 14 September 2011
Resolution: Portside navigational light is working properly.
Engineering › Steering Gear System › Trick Wheel
Issued 18 September 2006 Resolved
Vsl could not demonstrate the use of the emergency steering system. Could not install/use provided emergency tiller.
Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 22 September 2006
Resolved 29 September 2006
Resolution: Fabricated new emergency steering tiller (pis in case folder)
Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Medical/First Aid › Medicine Chest
Issued 18 September 2006 Resolved
Expired items in kit.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 22 September 2006
Resolved 28 September 2006
Resolution: Replaced expired items.
Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights
Issued 18 September 2006 Resolved
Proof proper operation of masthead/all around light and properly mount same.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 22 September 2006
Resolved 31 October 2008
Resolution: Replaced light.
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Serviceable
Issued 18 September 2006 Resolved
Lifefloat unserviceable.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 22 September 2006
Resolved 29 September 2006
Resolution: Installed new BA
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Serviceable
Issued 18 September 2006 Resolved
Lifefloat attached to handrail
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 22 September 2006
Resolved 29 September 2006
Resolution: Removed line to handrail.
Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Documentation (CG-1270)
Issued 9 June 2006 Resolved
Failed to renew certificate of documentation.
Condition: Unknown
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 9 June 2006
Resolution: COD was renewed on 4/24/06.
Documentation › Logs/Records › Logbook (official)
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
No official log book was being used.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Lifesaving › Hand Flares › Expired
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
flares were found past the expiration date.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 18 September 2006
Resolution: Flares provided during Annual COI.
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Floating Electric Waterlight
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
floating light line was less then 3 feet in length.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Markings
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
life had no legible markings.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Paddle
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
no paddles were found with the lifefloat.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Storage
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
child life jackets were not separated from adult life jackets in any manner.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-igniting Lights
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
no corrosion resistant clip in use, and floatlight was improperly attached to the actual life line.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Number
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
the fire extinguishers that were provided, were of an incorrect size.
Due 3 August 2005
Resolved 3 August 2005
Resolution: installed the proper amount of extinguishers as per the COI.
Fire Fighting › Fire Bucket › Availability
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
No fire buckets were on board the vessel.
Due 3 August 2005
Resolved 3 August 2005
Resolution: brought on board the fire buckets as per regulations.
Fire Fighting › Means of Escape › Escape Route Signs
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
required markings for the secondary escape not in used.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Construction/Loadline › Penetrations › Gasket
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
the gaskets on the 3 smaller voids were torn and in need of replacement.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 4 April 2006
Operations/Management › Equipment Service/Testing › EPIRB
Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved
The vessel did not have it's required EPIRB.
Due 3 October 2005
Resolved 18 September 2006
Resolution: EPIRB not required for current Lakes, Bays, and Sounds Route.
Fire Fighting
Issued 2 September 1999 Resolved
SERVICE OR REPLACE ONE B-I TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1999
Resolved 16 September 1999
Lifesaving
Issued 2 September 1999 Resolved
REPAIR OR REPLACE WATERLIGHT ATTACHED TO LIFE FLOAT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1999
Resolved 16 September 1999
Documentation
Issued 2 September 1999 Resolved
PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF CPR/ FIRST AID CERTIFICATION FOR AT LEAST 50% OF CREW.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1999
Resolved 16 September 1999
Lifesaving
Issued 2 September 1999 Resolved
PROPERLY MARK STORAGE AREA FOR CHILD'S LIFEJACKETS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1999
Resolved 16 September 1999
Documentation
Issued 2 September 1999 Resolved
OBTAIN TRAINING LOG BOOK FOR VESSEL.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1999
Resolved 16 September 1999
Navigation
Issued 2 September 1999 Resolved
REPAIR VESSEL'S SIGNALING HORN.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 September 1999
Resolved 16 September 1999
Documentation
Issued 21 July 1998 Resolved
PRIOR TO OPERATING MORE THAN 1000 FT FROM SHORE PROVIDE ALL FCC CERTIFICATES (ORIGINAL COPIES)
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 July 1998
Resolved 21 July 1998
Documentation
Issued 21 July 1998 Resolved
PROVIDE NEW CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION SHOWING CHANGE OF OWNER/OPERATOR.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 July 1998
Resolved 21 July 1998
Lifesaving
Issued 21 July 1998 Resolved
PRIOR TO OPERATING MORE THAN THREE (03) MILES FROM SHORE REPLACE HYDROSTATIC RELEASE OF THE 406 MHZ EPIRB.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 July 1998
Resolved 21 July 1998
Documentation
Issued 21 July 1998 Resolved
PROVIDE PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIRED DRUG TESTING REGULATIONS AS PER 46 CFR PART 16.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 July 1998
Resolved 21 July 1998
Documentation
Issued 21 July 1998 Resolved
PRIOR TO OPERATING IN MSO CHARLESTON'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES, CONTACT OCMI FOR ENDORSEMENT OF THEIR ROUTE ON COI.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 July 1998
Resolved 21 July 1998

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.