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

Archive · 2,008 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 2798/152015-08-24 → 2015-08-25
    34 foot S/V redwing, brown and red hull, four persons on board, overdue opua (35-19-00S 174-07-00E) to suva…
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand To Fiji
  2. HYDROPAC 2756/152015-08-20 → 2015-08-27
    Six meter vessel, six persons on board, overdue buka island (05-24S 154-42E) to tinputz harbor (05-33S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  3. HYDROPAC 2589/152015-08-06 → 2015-08-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-23S 100-35W
    Eastern South Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 2505/152015-07-30 → 2015-07-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-37.5S 146-56.1W at 292327Z jul
    South Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 2466/152015-07-27 → 2015-07-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V chong myong 703 vicinity 10-40S 163-32W
    South Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 2407/152015-07-23 → 2015-07-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 15-56S 172-04W
    South Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 2384/152015-07-21 → 2015-07-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 14-21.12S 170-45.84W
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  8. HYDROPAC 2344/152015-07-16 → 2015-07-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-10.6S 093-27.2W
    Eastern South Pacific · Galapagos Islands
  9. HYDROPAC 2222/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-07
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 2211/152015-07-03 → 2015-07-03
    14 foot vessel, three persons on board, overdue
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand · North Island-east Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 2204/152015-07-02 → 2015-07-10
    Vessel capsized and adrift, two persons on board, vicinity 00-55S 131-10E
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  12. HYDROPAC 2198/152015-07-01 → 2015-07-06
    Nine meter M/V wings, four persons on board, unreported papeete (17-32-06S 149-34-11W) to fakarava…
    South Pacific · Tahiti To Fakarava
  13. HYDROPAC 2197/152015-07-01 → 2015-07-01
    Nine meter vessel wings, four persons on board, unreported
    South Pacific · Iles de la Societe
  14. HYDROPAC 2181/152015-06-30 → 2015-07-01
    Seven meter M/V, six persons on board, disabled and adrift between lihir island (03-10.0S 152-36.0E) and…
    Western North Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  15. HYDROPAC 2094/152015-06-24 → 2015-06-27
    F/V, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 01-25-00S 136-26-15E at 240100Z jun
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  16. HYDROPAC 2083/152015-06-24 → 2015-06-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-25.44S 170-08.34W at 240138Z jun
    South Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 2029/152015-06-20 → 2015-06-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 17-48.07S 174-32.20W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  18. HYDROPAC 1980/152015-06-17 → 2015-07-06
    Man overboard from F/V antraeg vicinity 21-50.895S 175-49.725W at 170300Z jun
    South Pacific · Tonga
  19. HYDROPAC 1940/152015-06-15 → 2015-06-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 46 foot S/V sailfisher, two persons on board, in 06-04.27S 101-43.60W
    Eastern South Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 1926/152015-06-13 → 2015-06-17
    16 meter S/V ruamatai, white hull, three persons on board, overdue raiatea (16-49S 151-27W) to ua pou…
    South Pacific · Iles de la Societe To Iles Marquises
  21. HYDROPAC 1851/152015-06-07 → 2015-06-08
    16 foot F/V, two persons on board, overdue from manihiki (10-24S 161-00W)
    South Pacific · Cook Islands
  22. HYDROPAC 1848/152015-06-07 → 2015-06-07
    14 foot M/V, two persons on board, overdue between maiana (00-55N 173-00E) and tarawa (01-26N 173-00E)
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati
  23. HYDROPAC 1742/152015-05-27 → 2015-05-28
    Distress flare sighted in 27-41.68S 175-54.15E
    Western South Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 1734/152015-05-27 → 2015-05-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 21-04.92S 175-10.98W at 270821Z may
    South Pacific · Tonga
  25. HYDROPAC 1619/152015-05-16 → 2015-05-19
    Derelict 44 foot M/V morning star adrift and sinking vicinity 36-48.40S 177-19.07E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand-northeast Coast
  26. HYDROPAC 1598/152015-05-14 → 2015-05-23
    53 foot S/V saba II, eight persons on board, overdue galapagos islands to marquise islands
    Eastern South Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 1596/152015-05-14 → 2015-05-21
    Man overboard from M/V k pride in area bound by 00-49S 145-08E, 00-54S 145-11E, 01-02S 145-08E, 00-56S 145-04E
    Western South Pacific · Bismarck Sea
  28. HYDROPAC 1590/152015-05-14 → 2015-05-14
    Man overboard from M/V k pride vicinity of trackline between 01-15.2S 145-11.9E and 01-37.3S 145-24.4E at…
    Western South Pacific · Bismarck Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 1516/152015-05-07 → 2015-05-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-14.5S 092-35.2W
    Eastern South Pacific · Galapagos Islands
  30. HYDROPAC 1333/152015-04-21 → 2015-04-26
    Search and rescue operations vicinity 14-00S 178-36W
    South Pacific · Samoa
  31. HYDROPAC 1326/152015-04-21 → 2015-04-24
    Debris from capsized vessel adrift vicinity 17-00S 179-20W at 191630Z apr
    South Pacific · Fiji Islands
  32. HYDROPAC 1289/152015-04-17 → 2015-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 12-00.54S 169-56.94W
    South Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 1282/152015-04-16 → 2015-04-16
    36 foot S/V, two persons on board, aground in 03-59.2S 154-53.6W on 15 apr
    South Pacific · Kiribati
  34. HYDROPAC 1168/152015-04-07 → 2015-04-13
    Distress signal received from 42 foot S/V nirvana now, two persons on board in 08-09.4S 119-00.0W
    Eastern South Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 1108/152015-03-31 → 2015-04-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 32-02.42S 172-36.98E
    Western South Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 1000/152015-03-23 → 2015-03-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-42.5S 179-34.3W at 230315Z mar
    South Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 928/152015-03-16 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-14.4S 146-25.4W at 162100Z mar
    South Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 896/152015-03-14 → 2015-03-17
    M/V, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure between waren (02-14-30S 136-23-53E)…
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  39. HYDROPAC 866/152015-03-12 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-10.58S 175-14.81W
    South Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 865/152015-03-12 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in: a. 22-10.73S 175-14.03W
    South Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 783/152015-03-06 → 2015-04-02
    Man overboard on 06 mar from vessel vini vini nine, along trackline between 14-21.3S 141-38.0W and 14-19.0S…
    South Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 779/152015-03-06 → 2015-03-08
    23 foot vessel dolam, nine persons on board, adrift in 03-23.45S 152-33.12E at 052200Z mar
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  43. HYDROPAC 723/152015-03-03 → 2015-03-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V karam allah in 01-59.6S 119-33.9W at 021701Z mar
    Eastern South Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 721/152015-03-03 → 2015-03-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-40.4S 101-51.7W
    Eastern South Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 703/152015-03-02 → 2015-03-13
    Vessel carmen, one person on board, unreported valdivia (39-48.5S 073-14.5W) to arica (18-29.0S 070-20.0W)
    Eastern South Pacific · Chile
  46. HYDROPAC 482/152015-02-11 → 2015-02-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 09-16.53S 171-12.80W
    South Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 464/152015-02-09 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V ava iti 3 in 14-55.6S 145-29.6W
    South Pacific · French Polynesia
  48. HYDROPAC 424/152015-02-06 → 2015-02-16
    45 foot S/V harlech, grey hull, unreported
    New Zealand · North Island-north Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 416/152015-02-05 → 2015-02-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-50.22S 167-00.27E
    Western South Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 384/152015-02-02 → 2015-02-04
    Vessel, 29 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure between numfor (01-00S 134-52E) and…
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia

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