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

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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 838/092009-04-29 → 2009-05-30
    28 foot M/V heilala, white hull, four persons on board, overdue vava'u (18-39S 173-58W) to toku (18-09S…
  2. HYDROPAC 834/092009-04-28 → 2009-05-09
    Man overboard vicinity 18-50S 172-26E
  3. HYDROPAC 746/092009-04-14 → 2009-04-18
    M/V merlyns flyte, two persons on board, aground vicinity 21-06S 175-08W
  4. HYDROPAC 711/092009-04-09 → 2009-04-16
    Derelict ten meter S/V catabatic, white hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 36-25.44S 175-22.28E at 091506Z apr
  5. HYDROPAC 684/092009-04-05 → 2009-04-18
    Vessel ontiron, two persons on board, capsized in 46-07S 138-24W
  6. HYDROPAC 681/092009-04-05 → 2009-04-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 40-18S 171-18W
  7. HYDROPAC 637/092009-03-28 → 2009-03-31
    45 foot F/V katheryn, six persons on board, unreported
  8. HYDROPAC 586/092009-03-20 → 2009-03-28
    17 foot vessel, aluminum hull with blue and black stripes, four persons on board, disabled and adrift…
  9. HYDROPAC 510/092009-03-11 → 2009-03-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-53.1S 131-14.1E at 110905Z mar
  10. HYDROPAC 467/092009-03-04 → 2009-03-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 06-34S 168-27W
  11. HYDROPAC 380/092009-02-18 → 2009-03-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-24.1S 157-01.7W at 180900Z feb
  12. HYDROPAC 361/092009-02-16 → 2009-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-56.0S 165-06.8W at 162028Z feb
  13. HYDROPAC 326/092009-02-12 → 2009-02-25
    45 foot S/V bird of dawning, white hull, four persons on board, unreported
  14. HYDROPAC 261/092009-02-01 → 2009-02-14
    Two yellow kayaks, one person on board each, unreported little akaloa bay (43-40S 173-00E) to decanter bay…
  15. HYDROPAC 215/092009-01-27 → 2009-01-31
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 37-09S 175-23E
  16. HYDROPAC 172/092009-01-21 → 2009-01-24
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 55-50S 146-52W
  17. HYDROPAC 163/092009-01-20 → 2009-01-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 49-54S 137-57W
  18. HYDROPAC 154/092009-01-19 → 2009-01-19
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 52-43S 132-17W
  19. HYDROPAC 146/092009-01-17 → 2009-01-24
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 21-12S 175-11W
  20. HYDROPAC 143/092009-01-17 → 2009-01-17
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 21-11S 174-46W
  21. HYDROPAC 120/092009-01-14 → 2009-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V kai cheng vicinity 01-16S 154-38E at 140442Z jan
  22. HYDROPAC 118/092009-01-14 → 2009-01-15
    Seven meter banana boat, nine persons on board, overdue nissan island (04-32.5S 154-15.2E) to buka island…
  23. HYDROPAC 112/092009-01-13 → 2009-01-17
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 29-23S 166-53E
  24. HYDROPAC 92/092009-01-10 → 2009-01-17
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 52-03S 131-41W
  25. HYDROPAC 90/092009-01-10 → 2009-01-17
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 56-19S 134-12W
  26. HYDROPAC 86/092009-01-10 → 2009-02-28
    F/V valerie melissa II, green and white hull, six persons on board, unreported
  27. HYDROPAC 75/092009-01-08 → 2009-01-10
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 52-24S 164-28W
  28. HYDROPAC 74/092009-01-08 → 2009-01-10
    F/V san nikunau reports crewman with heart attack requiring medical assistance in 08-19S 175-22E at 081952Z…
  29. HYDROPAC 63/092009-01-07 → 2009-01-10
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 42-24S 134-06W
  30. HYDROPAC 41/092009-01-05 → 2009-01-10
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 36-12S 142-24W
  31. HYDROPAC 21/092009-01-03 → 2009-01-04
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 57-31S 142-21W
  32. HYDROPAC 2585/082008-12-30 → 2009-01-01
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 43-52S 173-05E
  33. HYDROPAC 2581/082008-12-30 → 2009-01-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity apia samoa (13-50S 171-44W)
  34. HYDROPAC 2580/082008-12-29 → 2009-01-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 39-13S 179-30E
  35. HYDROPAC 2579/082008-12-29 → 2009-01-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 45-28S 148-05W
  36. HYDROPAC 2574/082008-12-28 → 2009-01-01
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 52-16S 149-27W
  37. HYDROPAC 2537/082008-12-22 → 2008-12-22
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 43-05S 179-17W
  38. HYDROPAC 2528/082008-12-20 → 2008-12-25
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 51-18S 137-11W
  39. HYDROPAC 2524/082008-12-19 → 2008-12-25
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 51-27S 139-50W
  40. HYDROPAC 2523/082008-12-19 → 2008-12-23
    12 meter S/V moonshadow of leigh, overdue fiji (18-30.2S 178-08.4E) to opua, new zealand (35-19.0S 174-06.0E)
  41. HYDROPAC 2515/082008-12-17 → 2008-12-25
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 47-56S 133-21W
  42. HYDROPAC 2506/082008-12-16 → 2008-12-18
    40 foot S/V, one person on board, dismasted in 32-41.93S 174-35.36E
  43. HYDROPAC 2503/082008-12-16 → 2008-12-16
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 32-56S 174-37E
  44. HYDROPAC 2502/082008-12-16 → 2008-12-18
    M/V sankam, 213 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 04-08.49S 154-52.68E at 160500Z dec
  45. HYDROPAC 2499/082008-12-16 → 2008-12-25
    Distress signals received on 121.5 mhz vicinity: a. 44-57S 177-14E
  46. HYDROPAC 2482/082008-12-14 → 2008-12-20
    Man overboard from F/V zarin in 11-23-26.5S 081-55-14.7W at 092015Z dec
  47. HYDROPAC 2441/082008-12-10 → 2008-12-10
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 52-29S 133-14W
  48. HYDROPAC 2428/082008-12-08 → 2008-12-08
    Distress signal received vicinity 17-45S 176-27W
  49. HYDROPAC 2419/082008-12-07 → 2008-12-12
    Distress signals received on 243 mhz vicinity: 1. 49-08S 138-13W
  50. HYDROPAC 2404/082008-12-05 → 2008-12-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 13-52S 171-43W

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