Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the North Pacific Ocean

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 North Pacific Ocean

Archive · 4,474 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 69/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-09
    Distress signal received on 406.0 mhz from F/V min shi yu 6727, in 15-58.2N 156-47.9E at 061854Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 12/182018-01-02 → 2018-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 020903Z jan in: a. 05-37.8N 170-57.5W
    North Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 4660/172017-12-31 → 2017-12-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-10.6N 111-10.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 4624/172017-12-28 → 2017-12-28
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz from F/V zhe dong yu 10555 at 282150Z dec in 22-04.55N 145-23.82E
    Western North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 4581/172017-12-26 → 2018-01-09
    Canoe, one person on board, overdue from fais island (09-45-37N 140-31-15E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  6. HYDROPAC 4557/172017-12-24 → 2018-01-09
    24 foot M/V, white hull, seven persons on board, unreported weno (07-24N 151-49E) to murilo (08-38N 152-19E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  7. HYDROPAC 4461/172017-12-18 → 2018-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-08.6N 125-16.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 4453/172017-12-18 → 2017-12-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-05.7N 171-24.9E at 180622Z dec
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  9. HYDROPAC 4452/172017-12-18 → 2017-12-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-05.7N 171-24.9E at 180622Z dec
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  10. NAVAREA XII 571/172017-12-17 → 2017-12-20
    Derelict 20 foot vessel, white and yellow hull, capsized and adrift in 29-55.0N 174-39.5W at 170451Z dec
    North Pacific
  11. HYDROPAC 4436/172017-12-16 → 2017-12-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-00N 126-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 4407/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-14
    Distress signal received in 35-10.2N 164-33.4W at 1421117Z dec
    North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 4380/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-59.0N 165-03.7E at 130556Z dec
    North Pacific
  14. HYDROPAC 4353/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-14
    14 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue from washington island (04-42N 160-45W)
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  15. HYDROPAC 4323/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-29
    30 foot vessel, white hull, three persons on board, in need of assistance in 07-18N 093-41W
    Eastern North Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 4191/172017-11-30 → 2017-12-15
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 39-18.7N 143-01.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 4132/172017-11-27 → 2017-12-02
    25 foot F/V maykelin lisseth II, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Pacific
  18. HYDROPAC 4128/172017-11-27 → 2017-11-27
    25 foot F/V ariana melina, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 4123/172017-11-26 → 2017-11-26
    Distress signal received from 51 foot S/V reliant, white hull, in 09-30.9N 085-18.2W at 251237Z nov
    Eastern North Pacific · Costa Rica
  20. HYDROPAC 4116/172017-11-26 → 2017-11-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-40.9N 175-11.1E at 250001Z nov
    North Pacific
  21. HYDROPAC 4112/172017-11-25 → 2017-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-23.8N 088-00.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 4111/172017-11-25 → 2017-12-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-13N 148-16E at 251304Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  23. HYDROPAC 4108/172017-11-24 → 2017-11-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-12.5N 166-25.1E at 242112Z nov
    North Pacific · Wake Island
  24. HYDROPAC 4076/172017-11-23 → 2017-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-49-26N 152-37-55E at 230046Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  25. HYDROPAC 4028/172017-11-19 → 2017-12-02
    25 foot vessel, white hull with red stripes, four persons on board, overdue chuuk atoll (07-26.8N 151-44.8E)…
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  26. HYDROPAC 4015/172017-11-18 → 2017-12-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 15-17.5N 157-26.9E at 171025Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 3980/172017-11-16 → 2017-12-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-50.1N 125-03.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 3963/172017-11-15 → 2017-11-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-27N 145-27E at 151311Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 3938/172017-11-14 → 2017-11-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-15.4N 179-51.6W at 140443Z nov
    North Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 3919/172017-11-12 → 2017-12-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-34.40N 134-23.74W
    Eastern North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 3847/172017-11-08 → 2017-11-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel fu yuan yu 665 in 40-43.4N 149-29.2E at 080241Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 3828/172017-11-06 → 2017-11-24
    Derelict vessel adrift in 34-53N 151-21E at 061359Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 3758/172017-11-02 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 11-45N 121-45W
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROPAC 3757/172017-11-02 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received in vicinity 14-36N 170-17W at 021813Z nov
    North Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 3748/172017-11-02 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-30N 150-45W at 020644Z nov
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 3690/172017-10-29 → 2017-11-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-52N 116-56W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 3664/172017-10-27 → 2017-11-10
    Distress signal received in 41-19N 134-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 3638/172017-10-25 → 2017-11-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-34.47N 122-37.33W
    Eastern North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 3628/172017-10-25 → 2017-10-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-39.3N 151-47.0W at 250017Z oct
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 3625/172017-10-24 → 2017-10-25
    M/V sea nymph, blue and white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in…
    Western North Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 3587/172017-10-20 → 2017-10-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-27.7N 090-12.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 3530/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-17
    Two persons in water between chuuk atoll (07-26.8N 151-44.5E) and east fayu atoll (08-32.2N 151-20.3E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  43. NAVAREA XII 457/172017-10-14 → 2017-10-15
    24 foot vessel, white hull, four persons on board, overdue chuuk (07-25N 151-47E) to murilo (08-41N 152-20E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  44. HYDROPAC 3482/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-27
    Vessel, five persons on board, overdue in vicinity 07-00N 151-00E
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  45. HYDROPAC 3474/172017-10-11 → 2017-10-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-15N 122-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 3466/172017-10-11 → 2017-10-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-00N 154-15E at 111043Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 3440/172017-10-08 → 2017-10-09
    Vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if possible
    Eastern North Pacific
  48. NAVAREA XII 440/172017-10-05 → 2017-10-05
    F/V edgardito, white and green hull, one person on board, overdue from la boca (08-56.8N 079-33.7W)
    Gulf of Panama · Panama
  49. HYDROPAC 3371/172017-10-02 → 2017-10-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-25-40N 145-02-49E at 021841Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 3321/172017-09-28 → 2017-10-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-12N 153-07E
    Western North Pacific

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