RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated: "Me and three of my friends decided to take my boat out on August 8th to go tubing with a newly purchased tube I had bought the day prior. We left my dock around 2:40 pm in north wildwood and headed out towards grassy sound channel. 
  
  The tide was still relatively low to go tubing in the back bays of turtle creek so we decided to head out to the inlet to kill some time and let the tide come up. The inlet didn't appear to be rough and there wasn't any rough waves until we got beyond north wildwood beach, where the inlet meets the ocean. 
  
  I have navigated this inlets 10s if not over 100 times on boats and jet skis and I have seen the inlet much rougher than this on both boat and jet ski. We went out about probably 1/2 mile off of the beach into the ocean and I made a left turn to turn around in the inlet and come back in. After making the turn we were probably going 10-15 knots over a following wave, and we were completely blindsided from the left side by a wave. 
  
  This wave rolled us and capsized the boat to the right. After climbing on top of my capsized boat, we tried to remain calm, called for help, start a game plan, and I dove under the boat 5 times to grab life jackets for everyone as well as try and grab my handheld vhf radio, which I was unable to locate. After about 45 mins, we were rescued by NWW beach patrol and a couple passing jet skis, and later NJSP recovered my boat."
  
  Investigation at the scene revealed: Vessel #1 was east of the Ocean Drive bridge in Hereford Inlet North Wildwood City, Cape May County. Vessel #1 was turning west in the Hereford Inlet. Vessel #1 flooded due to waves in the inlet. Due to the water in Vessel #1, the vessel capsized. All four occupants then exited the vessel. Damage was observed to the motor and bimini top of Vessel #1. No injuries were observed or reported at the scene. It should be noted that once on scene Sgt. and I righted the capsized vessel to prevent any further damage to the vessel. It should be further noted that all four occupants were rescued by North Wildwood Beach Patrol. North Wildwood Beach Patrol then relayed all four occupants to New York Ave., North Wildwood.
  