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 354/152015-01-31 → 2015-01-31
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 251/152015-01-22 → 2015-01-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-26.3S 117-47.7W
    Eastern South Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 193/152015-01-19 → 2015-03-12
    Eight meter vessel hanson, red hull, three persons on board, unreported makemo atoll (16-35-55S 143-39-41W)…
    South Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 132/152015-01-13 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-35.1S 096-51.5W
    Eastern South Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 59/152015-01-07 → 2015-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V sea kiss vicinity 20-52.07S 175-11.46W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  6. HYDROPAC 57/152015-01-06 → 2015-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V sea kiss vicinity 20-49.77S 175-05.70W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  7. HYDROPAC 8/152015-01-01 → 2015-01-05
    Six meter vessel px grace, six persons on board, disabled and adrift between lihir island (03-08.1S…
    Western South Pacific · New Ireland-east Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 3745/142014-12-14 → 2014-12-15
    Distress signal received from F/V cesar alfredo II in 05-03.07S 081-58.66W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  9. HYDROPAC 3736/142014-12-13 → 2014-12-18
    F/V los aventureros, blue hull, unreported vicinity 08-59S 079-30W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  10. HYDROPAC 3696/142014-12-10 → 2015-03-07
    Distress signal received from F/V rebeca IV vicinity 14-50.38S 078-09.12W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  11. HYDROPAC 3667/142014-12-07 → 2014-12-09
    F/V don juan, blue hull, unreported
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  12. HYDROPAC 3626/142014-12-03 → 2014-12-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-06.9S 104-24.4W
    Eastern South Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 3624/142014-12-03 → 2014-12-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel delmacia c in 00-56.8S 080-42.8W at 032044Z dec
    Eastern South Pacific · Ecuador
  14. HYDROPAC 3623/142014-12-03 → 2014-12-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel delmacia c in 00-48.06S 081-02.40W at 031846Z dec
    Eastern South Pacific · Ecuador
  15. HYDROPAC 3617/142014-12-03 → 2015-01-13
    Distress signal received from F/V nan tong jiao ao in 08-31.28S 082-37.45W
    Eastern South Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 3602/142014-12-01 → 2014-12-03
    Distress signal received from F/V nan tong jiao ao in 08-36.98S 082-38.15W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  17. HYDROPAC 3597/142014-12-01 → 2014-12-01
    Distress signal received from F/V yangtze oasis in 08-36-59S 082-38-09W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  18. HYDROPAC 3594/142014-11-30 → 2014-12-01
    Distress signal received from F/V yangtze oasis in 08-37-24S 082-37-19W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  19. HYDROPAC 3582/142014-11-30 → 2014-11-30
    Distress signal received from F/V nan tong jiao ao in 08-29S 082-40W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  20. HYDROPAC 3567/142014-11-29 → 2014-11-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-51.4S 160-27.9W at 281202Z nov
    South Pacific
  21. HYDROPAC 3556/142014-11-28 → 2014-11-29
    Distress signal received from vessel torres fuertes II in 03-29S 081-57W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  22. HYDROPAC 3544/142014-11-28 → 2014-12-06
    87 meter vessel taporo IX, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-50S 143-46W
    South Pacific
  23. HYDROPAC 3441/142014-11-18 → 2014-11-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel elenoa 1 vicinity 19-00.33S 174-49.53W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  24. HYDROPAC 3413/142014-11-17 → 2014-11-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-51.25S 174-42.37W
    South Pacific
  25. HYDROPAC 3399/142014-11-14 → 2014-11-19
    23 foot M/V wanpis mangi, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift between lihir island (03-07.0S 152-36.0E)…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  26. HYDROPAC 3319/142014-11-07 → 2014-11-08
    F/V zhong shui 605 overdue vicinity 19-15S 171-45E
    Western South Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 3256/142014-11-03 → 2014-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-39.18S 174-14.88W
    South Pacific · Samoa Islands
  28. HYDROPAC 3229/142014-10-30 → 2014-11-12
    Vessel nayely monserrate, white hull, unreported
    Eastern South Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 3062/142014-10-14 → 2014-10-14
    Vessel, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 03-22S 152-26E at 141030Z oct
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  30. HYDROPAC 2978/142014-10-07 → 2014-10-08
    S/V promise, three persons on board, overdue noosa heads (26-23.9S 153-05.6E) to opua (35-18.9S 174-07.1E)
    Australia To New Zealand
  31. HYDROPAC 2964/142014-10-06 → 2014-10-08
    Vessel, five persons on board, overdue katagan village (03-17.0S 152-04.0E) to lihir island (03-06.8S…
    Western South Pacific · New Ireland-east Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 2877/142014-09-28 → 2014-09-28
    Iles de la societe
    South Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 2765/142014-09-18 → 2014-09-19
    Nine meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue to manua island (14-12-31S 169-33-10W)
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  34. HYDROPAC 2743/142014-09-16 → 2014-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-27S 174-52W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  35. HYDROPAC 2734/142014-09-15 → 2014-09-15
    Vessel, six persons on board, unreported namatanai (03-37S 152-27E) to lihir island (03-09S 152-42E)
    Western South Pacific · New Ireland-east Coast
  36. HYDROPAC 2723/142014-09-15 → 2014-09-18
    Nine meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue to manua island (14-12-31S 169-33-10W)
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  37. HYDROPAC 2644/142014-09-09 → 2014-09-10
    19 foot vessel, yellow and orange hull, three persons on board, unreported betio (01-21N 172-56E) to maiana…
    Western North Pacific · Kiribati
  38. HYDROPAC 2559/142014-09-01 → 2014-09-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-27.8S 102-18.2W
    Eastern South Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 2556/142014-08-31 → 2014-09-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel chong myong vicinity 10-37.67S 166-07.09W
    South Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 2474/142014-08-24 → 2014-08-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-45.5S 170-24.6W at 230615Z aug
    South Pacific · Kiribati
  41. HYDROPAC 2340/142014-08-11 → 2014-08-14
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 2321/142014-08-09 → 2014-08-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel chong myong vicinity 09-09.96S 165-56.22W
    South Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 2290/142014-08-05 → 2014-08-06
    Distress signal received from S/V blue horizon vicinity 17-06.47S 158-50.60W
    South Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 2287/142014-08-05 → 2014-08-05
    Distress signal received from S/V blue horizon vicinity 17-05.60S 158-47.07W
    South Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 2283/142014-08-05 → 2014-08-05
    Distress signal received from vessel blue horizon vicinity 17-04S 158-38W
    South Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 2270/142014-08-04 → 2014-08-08
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 2251/142014-08-02 → 2014-08-08
    28 foot F/V, white hull with red trim, three persons on board, overdue vicinity nomuka (20-15S 174-48W)
    South Pacific · Tonga Islands
  48. HYDROPAC 2221/142014-07-30 → 2014-07-30
    French polynesia to american somoa 36 foot S/V moon joos, white hull, four persons on board, overdue bora…
    South Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 2185/142014-07-26 → 2014-07-27
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 2178/142014-07-26 → 2014-07-28
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific

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