RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at approximately 1400 hours, I (Cpl. of the Maryland Natural Resources Police) was dispatched to Atlantic General Hospital (AGH), located at 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland in reference to meeting with the victim of a Personal Watercraft (PWC) Accident that occurred in the Isle of Wight Bay, near 49th Street in Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland.  
  
      Ofc. responded to AGH to meet with the victim and advised me that the accident had occurred on a rental PWC that had been rented from Bayside Boat Rentals, located at 5307 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland.  Ofc. further advised me that Operator had been the sole occupant and operator of a rental PWC.  He stated that Operator was operating at a high rate of speed and, due to heavy chop in the area, was thrown from the PWC.  As he was thrown from the PWC, he injured his right ankle.  He was transported to AGH via the Ocean City Fire Department ambulance.  The extent of his injury was a dislocated and broken right ankle and it will require surgery in the near future.  
  
      During the course of my patrols on this date, I noted that it was extremely windy, which was creating hazardous water conditions in the area of the Isle of Wight Bay.  I traversed the area where the PWC accident is reported to have occurred in my patrol vessel, NRP832.  NRP832 is a 24 foot Boston Whaler equipped with two outboard motors and is designed to operate in moderately heavy weather conditions.  It is equipped with a larger than normal amount of freeboard and a self-bailing deck.  While traversing this area I had to operate my patrol vessel at lower than normal speed, and alter my course to quarter the waves to avoid unsafe conditions for myself and my passengers.  There was also a Small Craft Advisory in effect for the area.
  
      I contacted Bayside Boat Rentals and obtained the information for the PWC that Operator had been operating.  They advised that there was no damage to the PWC.  All of the above events occurred in Worcester County, Maryland.
  