Cozumel, Mexico - Two brothers thought to be from the Caribbean, who said they were fishermen and had been adrift on the open sea for three months, were rescued Thursday near the Mexican island of Cozumel, a port official said.

The brothers, Joel and Maffer Lee Smith, were rescued and taken to Cozumel General Hospital, according to Genaro Medina Escalante, first officer of the Port Captain’s Office. He added that, due to the weakened state in which they were found, no further information could be given at this time.

"They are very weak, and dehydrated," he said. "It is hard for them to speak, they are almost unable to walk, and it was very hard for them to even write their names. They only managed to say they had been several months at sea, apparently three, and that their boat was damaged," he added.

"The motor of their fishing boat wasn’t working. They had a pair of swim fins and diving masks with them, along with a water pump and a gasoline pump, which was apparently what damaged the motor."

Red Cross paramedics who gave them first aid said that both had a slight loss of sight and hearing, as well as significant dehydration. Cozumel General Hospital reported that, despite their extreme state of dehydration, both men were in stable condition. Officials with Quintana Roo State’s Health Secretariat said the men will remain under observation for the next 48 hours.

"The two men, between 21 and 23 years of age, were admitted shortly after 11 am on Thursday. One of them said they were from Haiti, so the National Migration Institute has been notified, and they will make further announcements once the men have recovered and can give more precise information," the official indicated.

The small fishing boat the men were operating was discovered around 10:20 am Thursday by the tourist vessels La Ciguata and Albatros, which at the time were carrying large groups of vacationers.