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MALIBU WAVERIDER
MALIBU WAVERIDER is a 1991 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2017, most recently in August 2025, along with 26 deficiencies and 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded.
Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 19 August 2025.
- Built
- 1991
- Last inspected
- 19 August 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 26 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- 1 with no removal date recorded
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
19 August 2025
Deficiencies
26 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
1 with no removal date recorded
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2017–2025)
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
1204691
WDK4336
920649
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-920649
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.0 ft × 13.8 ft × 7.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 32 / net 25
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderWILLARD MARINE INCORP · ANAHEIM, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1991
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portMALIBU, CA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 6 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it32 - Simplified, Gross Ton
25 - Simplified, Net Ton
25 - Simplified, 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.
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Inspection history · 11
19 August 2025
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8166527
24 June 2025
Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8100829
3 June 2024
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7891766
22 June 2023
Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7681095
30 May 2023
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7668142
6 March 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7646572
2 November 2021
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7340218
12 August 2021
Hull Examination · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7289481
22 January 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6894182
20 August 2018
Deficiency Check · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6514498
14 November 2017
Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6306623
Deficiency record · 26
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
Issued 19 August 2025
Resolved
A hatch exposed to the weather must be watertight; forward hatch & port side midships hatch both unable to be secured.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 11 July 2024
Resolved
Engine exhaust piping hanger/support was found disconnected from ceiling due to wasted hardware. Reconnect hanger to deck.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Cargo Ship Safety Radio (including exemption)
Issued 11 July 2024
Resolved
No FCC Radio Station Authorization certificate was provided. Provide copy of vessels FCC Radio Station Authorization.
47 CFR 80.13(b)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 11 July 2024
Resolved
Two large openings for wires runs into the operating station would allow for Fireboy agent to freely leave the space rendering the agent ineffective.
18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)
Issued 11 July 2024
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Cargo Ship Safety Radio (including exemption)
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Except as noted in paragraph (c) of this section, stations in the maritime service must be licensed by the FCC either individually or by fleet. Vessel missing FCC Permit.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Cargo Ship Safety Radio (including exemption)
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
(a) Except as noted in paragraph (c) of this section, stations in the maritime service must be licensed by the FCC either individually or by fleet. Vessel missing Radio Station bill.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Each survival craft must be stowed so that when the vessel sinks the survival craft floats free and, if inflatable, inflates automatically. Liferaft arrangement would not permit it to float free.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
An inflatable liferaft or inflatable buoyant apparatus must be serviced at a facility specifically approved by the Commandant for the particular brand, and in accordance with servicing procedures meeting the requirements of part 160, subpart 160.151, of this chapter. Vessel did not have liferaft servicing on board.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Portable fire extinguishers and semi-portable fire extinguishing systems must be inspected and maintained in accordance with NFPA 10 (incorporated by reference, see § 169.115) as amended here:
(i) Certification or licensing as fire extinguisher servicing agency by a state or local authority having jurisdiction will be accepted by the Coast Guard as meeting the personnel certification requirements of NFPA 10 for annual maintenance and recharging of extinguishers.
Vessel did not have fire fighting servicing certificates onboard.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
The owner or managing operator must maintain valid proof of EPIRB registration.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Portable watertight containers for distress flares and smoke signals shall be of a bright color, and containers shall be clearly marked in legible contrasting letters at least 12.7 millimeters (0.5 inches) high: “DISTRESS SIGNALS”. (46 CFR 180.614)
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Each vessel must be equipped with at least two operable portable battery lights. One of these lights must be located at the operating station and the other at the access to the propulsion machinery space. Vessel did not have portable light at operating station.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage treatment plant
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Safe operation and servicing of the device so that any discharge meets the applicable requirements of § 159.53. Sewage system was inoperable.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 22 January 2020
Resolved
Your vessel must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after each anniversary date. The vessel has not completed a satisfactory annual inspection. Vessel cannot carry passengers until a satisfactory annual inspection is completed.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 22 January 2020
Resolved
A vessel that is exposed to salt water more than three months in any 12 month period since the last examination must undergo a drydock examination and an internal structural at least once every two years. Vessel needs to complete a satisfactory drydock prior to carrying passengers.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Post the COI where passengers can see it.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Stability Information Booklet
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Post the stability letter where passengers can see it.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › On board training and instructions
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Post instructions for donning lifejackets.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Other (MARPOL Annex I)
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Post Oil Pollution Placard
14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Placards
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Post MARPOL Placard
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Post the emergency broadcast placard.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Provide waterproof labeled container for flares.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of recovery of life saving appliances
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Provide rescue platform.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Prove proper operation of E/R bilge alarm.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 20 August 2018
Resolved
Provide proper labeling of fire buckets.
Ownership record
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