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 1047/212021-04-06 → 2021-04-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-09N 157-42E
    Western North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 1046/212021-04-06 → 2021-04-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-09N 157-42E
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  3. HYDROPAC 1045/212021-04-06 → 2021-04-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-07.5N 170-54.8W
    North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 1026/212021-04-05 → 2021-04-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-17.2N 162-20.3E at 050040Z apr
    North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 981/212021-03-30 → 2021-03-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lady anna in 25-55.3N 155-06.3W at 311225Z mar
    Eastern North Pacific
  6. NAVAREA XII 128/212021-03-24 → 2021-03-26
    M/V handcrafted, blue and black hull, three persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  7. HYDROPAC 819/212021-03-13 → 2021-03-13
    Vessel disabled and adrift, four persons on board in 03-29N 083-01W
    Eastern North Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 817/212021-03-13 → 2021-03-29
    Distress signal received from M/V panos p. in 07-28.7N 138-21.0E
    Western North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 797/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-26
    23 foot vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  10. HYDROPAC 794/212021-03-11 → 2021-03-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-15N 160-15E at 112128Z mar
    North Pacific
  11. NAVAREA XII 109/212021-03-05 → 2021-03-19
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  12. NAVAREA XII 103/212021-03-02 → 2021-03-19
    M/V los 3 hnos pacheco, two persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  13. NAVAREA XII 101/212021-03-01 → 2021-03-05
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  14. NAVAREA XII 100/212021-02-28 → 2021-03-01
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  15. HYDROPAC 672/212021-02-28 → 2021-03-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-00N 122-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  16. NAVAREA XII 95/212021-02-27 → 2021-02-28
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  17. HYDROPAC 666/212021-02-27 → 2021-03-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 15-51.5N 146-54.7E at 270730Z feb
    Western North Pacific · Farallon de Medinilla
  18. NAVAREA XII 91/212021-02-26 → 2021-02-27
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  19. HYDROPAC 636/212021-02-25 → 2021-03-12
    Distress signal received in 47-15N 135-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  20. NAVAREA XII 87/212021-02-25 → 2021-02-26
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Gulf of Panama · Eastern North Pacific · Panama
  21. HYDROPAC 604/212021-02-22 → 2021-03-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-24.2N 137-11.0E at 221740Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 603/212021-02-22 → 2021-03-12
    18 foot vessel, two persons on board, unreported
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  23. HYDROPAC 564/212021-02-18 → 2021-03-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V csav rio nevado in 32-22.7N 148-16.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 539/212021-02-16 → 2021-03-02
    19 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue from pohnpei (06-51N 158-13E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  25. HYDROPAC 530/212021-02-15 → 2021-02-15
    Distress signal received from 24 foot vessel, two persons on board in 04-41N 081-02W
    Eastern North Pacific
  26. NAVAREA XII 67/212021-02-13 → 2021-02-26
    Man overboard in vicinity 08-44.6N 079-31.7W
    Gulf of Panama · Panama
  27. HYDROPAC 498/212021-02-11 → 2021-02-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 31-12.6N 148-50.8E at 112155Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 469/212021-02-10 → 2021-02-26
    19 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue
    Western North Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 400/212021-02-01 → 2021-02-19
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-13N 142-58E at 010930Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  30. NAVAREA XII 45/212021-01-31 → 2021-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-48.6N 115-47.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 348/212021-01-27 → 2021-02-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-29.8N 094-30.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 285/212021-01-21 → 2021-02-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-30N 141-30E at 211537Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 184/212021-01-14 → 2021-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 02-27.5N 171-50.7E
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  34. NAVAREA XII 9/212021-01-12 → 2021-01-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-28.2N 129-31.4W at 121849Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 143/212021-01-12 → 2021-01-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-30.9N 124-29.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 45/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zhen yuan yu 806 in 29-25-10N 153-25-36E at 042011Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 17/212021-01-03 → 2021-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 01-27.5N 159-55.7E at 021012Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 2/212021-01-01 → 2021-01-01
    Vessel on fire, three persons in water, in 02-35.2N 081-03.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 3883/202020-12-31 → 2021-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-22N 162-50E
    North Pacific · Micronesia
  40. HYDROPAC 3882/202020-12-31 → 2020-12-31
    Distress signal received in 03-44N 136-08E
    Western North Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 3851/202020-12-27 → 2020-12-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 17 foot vessel, white hull, three persons on board, in vicinity…
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  42. HYDROPAC 3849/202020-12-27 → 2020-12-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-07.67N 141-18.40E
    Western North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 3845/202020-12-26 → 2020-12-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-41.0N 165-10.9E at 261800Z dec
    North Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 3827/202020-12-24 → 2021-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V zhen yuan yu 806 in 29-48-28N 152-28-33E at 241442Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 3781/202020-12-21 → 2020-12-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-12.27N 160-42.20E
    North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 3694/202020-12-15 → 2020-12-16
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 39-44.6N 133-33.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 3681/202020-12-13 → 2020-12-13
    Distress signal received in 01-39.2N 174-31.8W at 130650Z dec
    North Pacific
  48. HYDROPAC 3679/202020-12-13 → 2020-12-16
    Derelict 15 meter F/V capsized and adrift in 32-59.72N 160-01.24E at 120150Z dec
    North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 3672/202020-12-12 → 2020-12-15
    Derelict 60 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 33-05.8N 159-54.9E at 110359Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 3650/202020-12-10 → 2020-12-17
    Man overboard from F/V sea goddess along trackline between 16-52N 154-49W, 17-15N 154-08W at 092000Z dec
    Eastern North Pacific

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