Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Caribbean Sea

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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Other hazards in the Caribbean Sea

Archive · 632 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 553/212021-02-26 → 2021-03-12
    F/V, two persons on board, overdue
    Caribbean Sea · Haiti
  2. HYDROLANT 552/212021-02-26 → 2021-03-12
    Four meter vessel, blue hull, one person on board, overdue
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Dominica
  3. HYDROLANT 512/212021-02-22 → 2021-03-12
    46 foot S/V soma, eight persons on board, taking on water in vicinity 16-39.0N 066-20.4W
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Puerto Rico
  4. NAVAREA IV 123/212021-02-09 → 2021-02-26
    Vessel, two persons on board, partially submerged and adrift in area bound by 11-10-17N 075-03-45W,…
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  5. NAVAREA IV 85/212021-01-28 → 2021-02-12
    M/V carmen 1, ten persons on board adrift in area bound by 10-05.65N 078-38.96W, 10-10.16N 078-38.96W,…
    Western Caribbean Sea · Panama
  6. NAVAREA IV 77/212021-01-25 → 2021-01-28
    M/V carmen, ten persons on board, unreported
    Western Caribbean Sea
  7. NAVAREA IV 15/212021-01-05 → 2021-01-22
    Search and rescue operations in progress, five persons missing, in vicinity 08-35.76N 077-17.10W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  8. NAVAREA IV 1145/202020-11-24 → 2020-12-11
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice in 12-29.2N 071-44.4W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  9. NAVAREA IV 1032/202020-10-25 → 2020-11-13
    M/V, two persons on board, adrift in vicinity 12-36.3N 070-20.6W
    Caribbean Sea · Aruba · Venezuela
  10. NAVAREA IV 979/202020-10-11 → 2020-10-30
    32 foot vessel, blue hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-32.13N 080-19.62W
    Western Caribbean Sea. · Panama
  11. NAVAREA IV 836/202020-09-04 → 2020-09-18
    Vessel, white hull, eight persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Bonaire
  12. NAVAREA IV 751/202020-08-14 → 2020-08-28
    Vessel, blue, black, and gray hull, five persons on board
    Western Caribbean Sea · Nicaragua
  13. HYDROLANT 2117/202020-07-02 → 2020-07-17
    44 foot S/V breeze, navy blue hull, one person on board, unreported monserrat (16-41.94N 062-18.06W) to…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Montserrat
  14. NAVAREA IV 547/202020-06-22 → 2020-06-24
    Vessel, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 14-14.10N 072-36.14W at 221257Z jun
    Caribbean Sea
  15. NAVAREA IV 404/202020-05-17 → 2020-06-05
    Vessel don diego, three persons on board, unreported
    Western Caribbean Sea · Columbia
  16. NAVAREA IV 390/202020-05-12 → 2020-10-23
    Derelict vessel adrift, three persons on board, last known position in 13-29-09N 072-38-16W
    Caribbean Sea
  17. HYDROLANT 1604/202020-05-12 → 2020-05-29
    Derelict vessel adrift, three persons on board, last known position in 13-29-09N 072-38-16W
    Caribbean Sea
  18. NAVAREA IV 14/202020-01-05 → 2020-01-05
    30 foot F/V portia, blue hull, two persons on board unreported
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  19. NAVAREA IV 986/192019-11-10 → 2019-11-29
    Man overboard from vessel in 10-11.49N 075-42.78W on 08 nov
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  20. NAVAREA IV 818/192019-09-15 → 2019-10-04
    M/V grupa s, six persons onboard, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-50-34N 080-12-31W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  21. NAVAREA IV 799/192019-09-10 → 2019-09-27
    Vessel, red hull with green stripes, four persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Venezuela
  22. HYDROLANT 2736/192019-09-07 → 2019-09-27
    Distress signal received in 12-42.5N 081-39.4W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  23. NAVAREA IV 703/192019-08-10 → 2019-08-30
    M/V big sac, three persons on board, aground and taking on water in 17-47.35N 087-59.1W at 100700Z aug
    Caribbean Sea · Mexico
  24. HYDROLANT 2239/192019-07-22 → 2019-08-09
    40 foot S/V retrierment, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken rudder in 12-44.57N…
    Caribbean Sea · Bonaire
  25. NAVAREA IV 631/192019-07-18 → 2019-08-02
    Vessel mi regalo, three persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  26. NAVAREA IV 626/192019-07-16 → 2019-08-02
    S/V sea shifter, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 15-33.15N 079-12.78W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 2088/192019-07-11 → 2019-07-26
    30 foot F/V pa sa touche, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  28. HYDROLANT 2063/192019-07-09 → 2019-07-19
    42 foot S/V arawak, white hull, two persons on board, overdue saint martin (18-04-00N 063-03-00W) to…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Leeward Islands · Windward Islands
  29. HYDROLANT 2001/192019-07-03 → 2019-07-19
    Eight meter S/V trinavis, white hull, one person on board, overdue marigot (18-04N 063-04W) to barranquilla…
    Caribbean Sea · Saint Martin To Colombia
  30. HYDROLANT 1993/192019-07-02 → 2019-07-02
    25 foot F/V jesus is coming, orange hull with, three persons onboard, overdue sandy ground harbor (18-12N…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguilla
  31. HYDROLANT 1986/192019-07-01 → 2019-07-19
    Four meter vessel, blue hull with white top, two persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Barbados
  32. HYDROLANT 1982/192019-07-01 → 2019-07-19
    Man overboard from vessel in 18-19N 063-15W on 29 jun
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguilla
  33. HYDROLANT 1978/192019-06-30 → 2019-07-19
    Vessel, three persons onboard, disabled and adrift in 18-30.24N 063-32.00W
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguilla
  34. NAVAREA IV 561/192019-06-30 → 2019-07-02
    25 foot F/V jesus is coming, orange hull with, three persons onboard, overdue sandy ground harbor (18-12N…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguilla
  35. NAVAREA IV 529/192019-06-21 → 2019-07-05
    S/V salacia, one person on board, unreported
    Western Caribbean Sea
  36. NAVAREA IV 369/192019-04-30 → 2019-05-17
    S/V shakira, six persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  37. HYDROLANT 1162/192019-04-12 → 2019-04-15
    Derelict 22 foot F/V god, blue and white hull, capsized and adrift in 17-46.6N 063-11.7W at 122100Z apr
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Netherlands Antilles
  38. HYDROLANT 1048/192019-04-03 → 2019-04-19
    Distress signal received from S/V tuno in vicinity 16-11.6N 079-56.6W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  39. NAVAREA IV 185/192019-03-08 → 2019-03-10
    S/V pajarita, 12 persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  40. NAVAREA IV 184/192019-03-08 → 2019-03-22
    Vessel, three persons on board, unreported
    Western Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  41. NAVAREA IV 159/192019-03-04 → 2019-03-22
    Vessel artisan, two persons on board, unreported
    Western Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  42. NAVAREA IV 99/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-16
    S/V micromegas, white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 16-33.03N 080-44.53W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  43. NAVAREA IV 90/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-08
    M/V pico, two person on board, overdue
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  44. NAVAREA IV 65/192019-01-29 → 2019-02-15
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice, 35 persons missing, in area bound by…
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  45. NAVAREA IV 64/192019-01-29 → 2019-01-30
    M/V asaud, five persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea
  46. NAVAREA IV 56/192019-01-26 → 2019-01-31
    Search and rescue operations in progress in area bound by 10-28.8N 077-29.6W, 10-35.5N 077-29.6W, 10-35.5N…
    Caribbean Sea · Panama
  47. NAVAREA IV 1087/182018-12-20 → 2019-01-04
    Vessel, four persons on board, unreported
    Western Caribbean Sea
  48. HYDROLANT 3912/182018-12-15 → 2019-01-04
    Portugal to martinique
    Western North Atlantic
  49. HYDROLANT 3890/182018-12-14 → 2018-12-28
    S/V, one person on board, requesting assistance in 15-54N 078-18W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  50. HYDROLANT 3833/182018-12-10 → 2018-12-28
    Man overboard from M/V preziosa in vicinity 14-34N 061-03W at 080400Z dec
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Martinique

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