RedactedNarrative: On May 7, 2019 at approximately 1215 hours, I received a call for a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico offshore of Shell Island.  I arrived on scene at approximately 1224 hours and saw a white 21 foot vessel capsized and washing against the shore.  The location was about 1 mile east of the Panama City Pass on Shell Island.
  
  I made contact with the captain and crew.  The captain told me that everyone was ok, accounted for and no one needed medical attention.  Sea Tow arrived and pulled the vessel off the beach, floated it, and took it to the Bonita Bay boat ramp.  FWC Officers arrived and we escorted the captain and his 4 passengers back to St. Andrews State Park and Bonita Bay boat ramp.
  
  Subject told me that he was traveling east about 30 yards offshore of Shell Island looking at dolphins when a wave crashed over the vessel and it capsized.  He said that he was pinned under the vessel for a few seconds and then swam out.  He and his 4 passengers then swam to shore.  There were no injuries to the captain and crew.  Subject completed a sworn witness statement about the events of the boating accident.  The vessel was removed from the water at the Bonita Bay boat ramp.  The primary contributing factor for this boating accident was operator inattention.  Nothing further.
  