Serving San Diego coastal waters
Service Area for TowBoatU.S. San Diego
24/7 marine towing, salvage, and on-water assistance across San Diego’s bays, harbors, and nearshore waters. If your outside San Diego waters call us call—we’ll confirm location and get you in touch ith the closest TowBoatU.S. tower. If your out of cell range hail TowBoatUS on VHF Channel 16 or call the United States Coast Guard and they will relay.
Our Fleet of Response vessels have long range capabilities for towing out to 100Nautical miles and beyond.
What we do on the water
From routine tows to complex recoveries, our crew responds fast with safety-first procedures and professional equipment.
Marine Towing
Safe towing to a marina, ramp, or your designated location—day or night.
Salvage & Recovery
Support for grounded, sunk, or damaged vessels with careful planning, Environmental, and Risk Management.
Other On-Water Services
We Provide Jump Starts, Fuel Deliveries, Salvage, Dive Services, and more
Grounding Response
We provide Soft Ungrounding as well as Salvage ungrounding. Soft Ungrounding if FREE with your TowBoatU.S Membership.
Environmental Response
We provide Environmental Response for Fuel Oil Spills, Fuel in Bilges, Booming, and Clean Up
Non-Emergency Dispatch
We are a Non-Emergency Provider. The Unites States Coast Guard Should be called if your in an emergency situation. Hail them on Chanel 16 VHF.
Why boaters choose us
Fast, professional help—built around safety
Fast Response
Weather conditions dictated how fast our TowBoatUS. vessels can get to you. But, we have a fleet of fast response vessels to get to you as fast as possible
Safety-First Operations
We dedicate our service with proven procedures to protect people, vessels, and the environment. Safety is always first.
Professional Equipment
Our TowBoatUS fleet is Insured, ACAPT certified, and well maintained. our Captains are all USCG Incensed and well trained in Towing and Salvage.
Upfront Communication
Communication is key. our company works to provide regular communication from the first call for help until you are secured. While towing is free for TowBoatUS members, we do provide service to all boaters. we will always discuss charges before we respond so there are no surprises when you get back to shore.
Service area FAQs
Coverage, response times, and what to expect
If you need help on the water, call (619) 672-5918. We’ll confirm location, conditions, and where your going back to. We will respond with the proper equipment for the service as fast as possible
Trusted on the water
A few words from boaters we’ve assisted.
★★★★★
“Your Boat got to us fast despite rough conditions. Captain Denton Maneuvered his boat, hooked up the towline and towed our boat right onto our trailer. Best part my membership covered it all.”
J. Ramirez
Boat Owner
★★★★★
“The Boatyard called me to see if I could get my boat in earlier than scheduled. Towboatus made it happen!!!”
M. Chen
Captain
★★★★★
“I did’nt have my member info. your dispather found it for me and got help out to me faster than the ETA given.”
R. Wheeler
Impressed member
