Boaters Missing Off N.J. Coast

USCG searching for 4 boaters whose boat sank off New Jersey and who have no radio and no flares: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43395955/ns/us_news-life/

Significant Wave Height (WVHT): 3.9 ft
Swell Height (SwH): 1.6 ft
Swell Period (SwP): 7.1 sec
Swell Direction (SwD): ESE
Wind Wave Height (WWH): 3.6 ft
Wind Wave Period (WWP): 4.3 sec
Wind Wave Direction (WWD): E
Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS): VERY_STEEP
Average Wave Period (APD): 4.0 sec

Water temp is about 65*

It sounds like they have a good position on them, but those flares would come in real handy. Once again we hope for the best.

For those unfamiliar with Dial-A-Buoy, the waves they are dealing with are the combined total (5'). On waves under 10', anything less than 2 seconds more than the combined hight of the waves is choppy. In this case a wave period of 7 seconds + would start to get almost comfortable. They have 4.

According to this the search has now been called off. That seems fast to me if they were in a dink, although it is unlikely that they'd still be alive in those conditions. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/06/14/2058734/search-on-for-4-boaters-missing.html
Temp Unconsciousness Survivability
60 - 70F 2 - 7 hours 2 - 40 hours

We can only hope. I've heard several calls with "no name, location or nature of distress" over the past couple of weeks (Not from this area), but the specifics here and the time of the call and 2nd call are enough to leave a lot of people worried. However, west of the naval station would leave them in the bay or on shore. I can't see anybody sailing there at 0320. Hope it's a hoax and that they get the SOB's who think this kind of thing is funny.