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 2494/132013-08-21 → 2013-08-24
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-47S 142-54W at 210315Z aug
    South Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 2489/132013-08-20 → 2013-08-21
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-46S 143-01W at 201141Z aug
    South Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 2469/132013-08-18 → 2013-08-20
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-44S 143-26W at 180730Z aug
    South Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 2459/132013-08-18 → 2013-08-18
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-40S 143-46W at 171640Z aug
    South Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 2451/132013-08-17 → 2013-08-18
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-33S 143-55W at 162200Z aug
    South Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 2443/132013-08-16 → 2013-08-19
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-24S 143-57W at 151800Z aug
    South Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 2421/132013-08-14 → 2013-08-16
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 25-27.47S 143-44.00W at 140115Z aug
    South Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 2401/132013-08-11 → 2013-08-11
    Distress signal received in 27-04S 170-03W at 110704Z aug
    Western South Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 2390/132013-08-09 → 2013-08-12
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 26-15.70S 143-34.10W at 092005Z aug
    South Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 2366/132013-08-07 → 2013-08-10
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 27-44.2S 143-54.0W at 071752Z aug
    South Pacific
  11. HYDROPAC 2351/132013-08-07 → 2013-08-10
    Derelict 49 meter F/V, white hull capsized and adrift vicinity 27-00.08S 144-08.08W at 061717Z aug
    South Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 2339/132013-08-06 → 2013-08-10
    S/V gobo, two persons on board, disabled due to structural damage, preparing to abandon ship in 13-52.65S…
    South Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 2333/132013-08-06 → 2013-08-17
    F/V zhong yang 26, 14 persons on board, capsized and adrift in 27-06.48S 144-19.16W
    South Pacific
  14. HYDROPAC 2329/132013-08-06 → 2013-08-06
    F/V zhong yang 26, 14 persons on board, requesting assistance
    South Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 2315/132013-08-04 → 2013-08-17
    Distress signal received from vessel gazelle coast in 05-26S 159-40E at 041914Z aug
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Islands
  16. HYDROPAC 2271/132013-07-31 → 2013-08-01
    Distress signal received vicinity 13-38.21S 172-11.13W
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  17. HYDROPAC 2256/132013-07-30 → 2013-07-31
    42 foot S/V gobo, two persons on board, broken mast and engine trouble in 13-21.4S 158-38.8W
    South Pacific
  18. HYDROPAC 2123/132013-07-18 → 2013-07-19
    30 meters F/V te hong hsing, ten persons on board, unreported
    Eastern South Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 2086/132013-07-15 → 2013-08-14
    Panama to tahiti
    Eastern Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 2061/132013-07-13 → 2013-07-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 30-06.58S 172-04.15E
    Western South Pacific
  21. HYDROPAC 2008/132013-07-10 → 2013-07-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 12-44.16S 157-49.92W
    South Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 1902/132013-07-01 → 2013-07-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 38-05.48S 145-51.15W
    South Pacific
  23. HYDROPAC 1826/132013-06-23 → 2013-06-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 13-52.83S 158-08.18W
    South Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 1786/132013-06-19 → 2013-06-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-26.5S 111-17.9W
    Eastern South Pacific
  25. HYDROPAC 1743/132013-06-16 → 2013-06-17
    Distress signal received from 103 foot vessel horizon, three persons on board, taking on water in 16-46.80S…
    South Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 1742/132013-06-16 → 2013-06-16
    Vessel horizon sinking in 16-47.702S 171-34.685W
    South Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 1582/132013-06-02 → 2013-06-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel rituna NO.3 vicinity 24-19.34S 169-35.30W
    Western South Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 1487/132013-05-23 → 2013-05-24
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 1438/132013-05-17 → 2013-05-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-14.2S 101-16.9W
    Eastern South Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 1402/132013-05-16 → 2013-06-15
    30 foot vessel saint amor, white hull, one person on board, unreported
    Western South Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 1393/132013-05-15 → 2013-05-19
    4.5 meter M/V, two persons on board, overdue to nauru (00-32.00S 166-56.00E) from 00-27.12S 166-54.62E
    Western South Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 1385/132013-05-14 → 2013-05-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-25.1S 175-31.9E
    Western South Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 1383/132013-05-14 → 2013-05-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel saint amour in 27-21.86S 175-36.30E
    Western South Pacific
  34. HYDROPAC 1277/132013-05-05 → 2013-05-08
    16 meter S/V steven, one person on board, overdue to gambier islands (23-08S 134-56W)
    South Pacific · French Polynesia
  35. HYDROPAC 1134/132013-04-23 → 2013-04-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 46-01.30S 152-01.35W
    South Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 1083/132013-04-19 → 2013-04-19
    31 foot vessel chiriaco, white hull, one person on board, overdue palliser bay (41-27S 175-03E) to napier…
    New Zealand-northeast Coast
  37. HYDROPAC 1040/132013-04-15 → 2013-04-17
    Vessel steven, one person on board, unreported valparaiso (33-03S 071-37W) to easter island (27-09S 109-25W)
    Eastern South Pacific · Chile To Easter Island
  38. HYDROPAC 1013/132013-04-12 → 2013-04-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-40.73S 175-00.19W
    Western South Pacific · Tonga Islands
  39. HYDROPAC 963/132013-04-06 → 2013-04-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 18-26.36S 173-44.63W
    Western South Pacific · Tonga Islands
  40. HYDROPAC 893/132013-03-31 → 2013-04-06
    F/V oryong 337 reports three crewmen requiring medical assistance in 04-43S 133-18W at 311500Z mar
    Eastern South Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 778/132013-03-21 → 2013-03-26
    Man overboard from M/V ice rose vicinity 26-33S 074-10W
    Eastern South Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 718/132013-03-14 → 2013-03-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-49.3S 174-46.71W
    Western South Pacific · Tonga Islands
  43. HYDROPAC 707/132013-03-13 → 2013-03-23
    Vessel jac taking on water in 12-41S 120-38W at 130021Z mar
    Eastern South Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 630/132013-03-04 → 2013-03-16
    Seven meter vessel lapun, five persons on board, overdue namatanai (03-39.34S 152-25.31E) to lihir island…
    Western South Pacific · New Ireland-east Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 561/132013-02-25 → 2013-02-27
    16 meter S/V prana, royal blue hull, two persons on board, overdue nukahiva (08-52S 140-06W) to cook islands
    South Pacific · French Polynesia To Cook Islands
  46. HYDROPAC 558/132013-02-25 → 2013-04-06
    37 foot S/V sailing free, white hull with blue stripe, one person on board, unreported
    New Zealand · North Island-north Coast
  47. HYDROPAC 539/132013-02-23 → 2013-02-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-17.9S 094-01.8W
    Eastern South Pacific · Galapagos
  48. HYDROPAC 507/132013-02-19 → 2013-02-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-18.5S 095-15.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 481/132013-02-18 → 2013-02-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-31S 174-52W
    Western South Pacific · Tonga Islands
  50. HYDROPAC 418/132013-02-12 → 2013-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-06.9S 107-48.1W
    Eastern South Pacific

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