ON JUNE 25, 2013,  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1, WAS ENTERING HATTERAS INLET FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN iN HIS HYDRA SPORT VESSEL.  WHEN HE WENT BY THE ENTRANCE BUOY, HE NOTICED THE WAVES WERE HIGHER COMPARED TO THE WAVES EARLIER THAT MORNING.  AS HE PASSED THE FIRST SET OF BUOYS, HE GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN TWO WAVES.  WITHIN SECONDS THE TRAILING WAVE PUSHED HIS VESSEL BOW, FRONT OF THE BOAT, INTO THE LEADING WAVE CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.  operator AND HIS PASSENGER SWAM FROM UNDERNEATH THE VESSEL AND CLIMBED ONTO THE VESSEL MOTOR MOUNT.  operator AND HIS PASSENGER STAYED WITH THE VESSEL.  A CHARTER BOAT PASSING PICKED THEM UP.
 
THERE WERE NO INJURIES WITH THIS INCIDENT.
HATTERAS