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 3565/212021-12-09 → 2021-12-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-29.0N 137-17.6E at 090252Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 3555/212021-12-08 → 2021-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V nahoa at 081115Z dec in 19-40N 157-21W
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  3. HYDROPAC 3516/212021-12-06 → 2021-12-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-35.5N 137-23.2W at 052332Z dec
    Eastern North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 3492/212021-12-03 → 2021-12-10
    19 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue
    North Pacific · Micronesia
  5. HYDROPAC 3483/212021-12-03 → 2021-12-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel bluefin in 37-45.6N 128-03.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 3416/212021-11-27 → 2021-12-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-15N 147-15E at 271147Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 3330/212021-11-18 → 2021-12-03
    Man overboard from F/V ming maan shiang 38 in 16-15N 151-46E at 171830Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  8. NAVAREA XII 642/212021-11-12 → 2021-11-15
    Derelict 85 foot F/V blue dragon, blue hull, and three life rafts tied together adrift in vicinity 35-38.1N…
    Eastern North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 3250/212021-11-11 → 2021-11-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft HP-1963 in 01-29.9N 099-08.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  10. NAVAREA XII 639/212021-11-11 → 2021-11-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-29.9N 099-08.9W at 110037Z nov
    Eastern North Pacific
  11. NAVAREA XII 638/212021-11-11 → 2021-11-12
    Derelict 85 foot F/V blue dragon, blue hull, and three life rafts tied together adrift in vicinity 36-21.5N…
    Eastern North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 3186/212021-11-07 → 2021-11-13
    24 foot vessel, white hull, six persons on board, overdue
    Western North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 3181/212021-11-06 → 2021-11-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-56.6N 096-42.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  14. HYDROPAC 3154/212021-11-04 → 2021-11-13
    21 foot vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue
    Western North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 3111/212021-10-30 → 2021-10-31
    Vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 31-35.7N 117-56.9W
    Eastern North Pacific · Mexico
  16. HYDROPAC 3109/212021-10-30 → 2021-11-19
    Distress signal received in vicinity 43-02-42N 154-02-42E
    Western North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 3107/212021-10-30 → 2021-10-31
    Distressed signal received in 26-34.8N 172-26.4W
    North Pacific
  18. HYDROPAC 3081/212021-10-27 → 2021-10-30
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 07-41N 090-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 3079/212021-10-27 → 2021-11-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 271035Z oct in 32-55-37N 149-26-45E
    Western North Pacific
  20. NAVAREA XII 613/212021-10-27 → 2021-10-27
    Vessel capsized with 02 outboard engines in 07-41N 090-15W vessels at 270020Z oct
    Eastern North Pacific
  21. NAVAREA XII 612/212021-10-27 → 2021-10-27
    Vessel capsized with 02 outboard engines in 07-41N 090-15W vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 3072/212021-10-26 → 2021-11-12
    Vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 05-08N 084-17W
    Eastern North Pacific
  23. HYDROPAC 3064/212021-10-26 → 2021-10-30
    Distress signal received in vicinity 03-21.02N 137-44.18E at 260229Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 3025/212021-10-22 → 2021-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V ribuuk meto in vicinity 07-14.4N 169-54.1E at 222116Z oct
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  25. HYDROPAC 3013/212021-10-22 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-26.9N 139-05.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 3008/212021-10-21 → 2021-10-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V alpha jimbo in vicinity 07-00N 134-00E at 210805Z oct
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Palau
  27. HYDROPAC 2979/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-15N 123-45W
    Eastern North Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 2910/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-12
    Distress signal received in 23-04N 131-51W
    Eastern North Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 2904/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 33 foot S/V ananda, black hull, one person on board in vicinity…
    Eastern North Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 2887/212021-10-09 → 2021-10-12
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 36-04.8N 177-45.3E at 091812Z oct
    North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 2866/212021-10-08 → 2021-10-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-55.9N 170-45.2E at 070042Z oct
    North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 2803/212021-10-03 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-52N 099-30W
    Eastern North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 2795/212021-10-02 → 2021-10-22
    30 foot vessel capsized and adrift in 09-31N 088-51W at 021700Z oct
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. NAVAREA XII 560/212021-10-01 → 2021-10-04
    Derelict 25 foot vessel, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 08-58N 090-31W on 01 oct
    Eastern North Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 2730/212021-09-26 → 2021-09-28
    Derelict vessel, red and orange hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 32-56.55N 179-11.15E at 242200Z sep
    North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 2724/212021-09-25 → 2021-10-15
    Distress signal received from M/V olita in vicinity 44-00N 129-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 2720/212021-09-25 → 2021-09-26
    Derelict vessel, red and orange reported capsized in 32-56.33N 179-11.09E at 242200Z sep
    North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 2682/212021-09-21 → 2021-09-29
    19 foot vessel, white hull, overdue in vicinity pohnpei (06-53N 158-14E) at 210359Z sep
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  39. HYDROPAC 2677/212021-09-20 → 2021-10-08
    Distress signal received from M/V xin yu no 1 in 42-38N 153-19E at 200541Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 2668/212021-09-18 → 2021-09-29
    Man overboard from M/V tonga in 39-50.0N 166-16.9W
    North Pacific
  41. NAVAREA XII 502/212021-09-15 → 2021-09-20
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 08-36.01N 079-36.38W,…
    Gulf of Panama · Panama
  42. HYDROPAC 2623/212021-09-15 → 2021-10-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-48N 120-06W
    Eastern North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 2531/212021-09-08 → 2021-09-14
    Distress signal received in vicinity 07-00.27N 158-10.28E at 081445Z sep
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  44. HYDROPAC 2522/212021-09-07 → 2021-09-14
    19 foot vessel, yellow and white hull, six persons on board, unreported
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  45. HYDROPAC 2508/212021-09-04 → 2021-09-10
    42 foot S/V epic, black hull, one person on board, overdue kauai (21-52N 159-27W) to oahu (21-34N 158-17W)
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  46. HYDROPAC 2503/212021-09-03 → 2021-09-17
    Buoy 9 reported sinking in 9-14-19N 167-30-28E
    North Pacific Ocean · Marshall Islands
  47. HYDROPAC 2502/212021-09-03 → 2021-09-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-27.5N 149-13.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  48. HYDROPAC 2453/212021-08-27 → 2021-08-28
    Distress signal received in 11-20N 119-38W
    Eastern North Pacific
  49. NAVAREA XII 452/212021-08-27 → 2021-09-10
    Distress signal received in 08-02.32N 099-36.94W
    Eastern North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 2444/212021-08-27 → 2021-09-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-15N 136-45W
    Eastern North Pacific

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