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GULF DAWN
United States · vessel · 26 m
A 26 m vessel, seen on 13 days in our last year of watching, more often than 9 in 10 boats we log.
When she comes back
Seen on 13 days in our last year of watching, more often than 9 in 10 boats we log. Last seen Oct 15. In port now. Expected back any day now (Oct 15).
4 nm out, making 7 knhigh confidenceLeaving Oct 15 2 pm - Oct 16 9 am (her usual stay of about 5 hours)
GULF DAWN was seen on 13 days since Oct 1, 2026, most recently Oct 15, 2026. Expected back between Oct 15, 2026 and Oct 15, 2026, best guess Oct 15, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
- Oct 3, 2026
- Oct 4, 2026
- Oct 5, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026
- Oct 7, 2026
- Oct 8, 2026
- Oct 9, 2026
- Oct 10, 2026
- Oct 11, 2026
- Oct 12, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026
Where she's been
- Charleston, SC · seen Oct 15
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 14 · 2 samples
- Charleston, SC · seen Oct 13
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 9 to Oct 11 · 10 samples
- Charleston, SC · seen Oct 8
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 6 to Oct 7 · 30 samples
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 5 to Oct 7 · 31 samples
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 1 to Oct 5 · 6 samples
From shore receivers' AIS samples: volunteer networks, our own antenna and NOAA's archive. A port call means she was heard stopped there; ocean passages are not heard, and the times are bounds, not events.
Her particulars
Build
- Built
- not yet known
Size
- Length overall
- 26 m (85 ft)
- Beam
- 8 m (26 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- not yet known
- Deadweight
- not yet known
Registry and management
- IMO number
- 6709725
- Call sign
- WCY2448
- Registered owner
- not yet known
- Manager
- not yet known
In the window
Active · seen on 13 days · first seen Oct 2026 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 116 · busiest months Oct · usual stay about 5 hours · speed past the window 2.6 kn · broadcasts as destination CHARLESTON,SC
Records
Observed top speed 7.9 kn · off Charleston, SC · 5 Oct 2026 · our antenna
Backstory, spoken
Nothing recorded yet.
Backstory, written
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0 seen · 30 inbound · 28 outbound · dwell 4.7h · draught 5.0m in / 5.0m out
Passages (20)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026, 4:43 PM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | missed |
| Oct 15, 2026, 12:06 PM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | captured |
| Oct 15, 2026, 12:09 AM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
| Oct 14, 2026, 4:50 PM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | missed |
| Oct 14, 2026, 9:39 AM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | captured |
| Oct 14, 2026, 4:55 AM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
| Oct 13, 2026, 10:15 AM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | captured |
| Oct 13, 2026, 3:48 AM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
| Oct 12, 2026, 5:23 PM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | missed |
| Oct 12, 2026, 1:37 PM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | captured |
| Oct 12, 2026, 3:22 AM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
| Oct 11, 2026, 12:08 PM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | captured |
| Oct 11, 2026, 6:22 AM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
| Oct 11, 2026, 1:52 AM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
| Oct 11, 2026, 1:50 AM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | — |
| Oct 10, 2026, 7:14 PM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | — |
| Oct 9, 2026, 1:55 PM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | skipped_recent |
| Oct 9, 2026, 1:37 PM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | — |
| Oct 9, 2026, 9:35 AM | outbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | captured |
| Oct 9, 2026, 4:28 AM | inbound | 5.0 m (16 ft) | night |
Sightings come from the national AIS record through Jun 30, 2026, then our own window receiver from Sep 29, 2026. Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 was not recorded.