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 371/052005-02-27 → 2005-04-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 17-21S 175-43E
  2. HYDROPAC 370/052005-02-27 → 2005-04-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-18S 160-54W
  3. HYDROPAC 322/052005-02-22 → 2005-04-06
    Distress signal received from 11 meter F/V, blue and yellow hull, six persons on board, vicinity 12-53.50S…
  4. HYDROPAC 291/052005-02-17 → 2005-02-18
    80 foot F/V samoan boy, dark blue hull, seven persons on board, unreported
  5. HYDROPAC 286/052005-02-17 → 2005-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 14-17S 167-08W
  6. HYDROPAC 283/052005-02-16 → 2005-03-31
    Distress signal received from vessel tautai, six persons on board in 12-30S 171-29W at 160330Z feb
  7. HYDROPAC 282/052005-02-16 → 2005-03-31
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 03-08S 104-31.9W
  8. HYDROPAC 237/052005-02-07 → 2005-02-07
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 54-03S 139-27W
  9. HYDROPAC 178/052005-01-28 → 2005-03-16
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 21-43S 171-16W
  10. HYDROPAC 125/052005-01-21 → 2005-03-10
    Distress signal received from M/V kiribati patrol boat in 01-24S 169-00E
  11. HYDROPAC 97/052005-01-16 → 2005-03-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 05-15S 164-34W
  12. HYDROPAC 65/052005-01-11 → 2005-01-14
    Seven meter vessel, 14 persons on board, overdue namatanai new ireland (03-39S 152-27E) enroute to lihir…
  13. HYDROPAC 63/052005-01-11 → 2005-03-02
    Seven meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue maini island (00-58N 172-58E) to tarawa (01-20N 172-58E)
  14. HYDROPAC 60/052005-01-10 → 2005-01-17
    Nine meter F/V santiago, white hull, five persons on board, adrift in 12-47-27S 077-26-15W
  15. HYDROPAC 57/052005-01-10 → 2005-03-02
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 55-43S 131-35W
  16. HYDROPAC 20/052005-01-05 → 2005-02-17
    F/V carlota, yellow hull, three persons on board, adrift vicinity 17-49S 071-45W
  17. HYDROPAC 17/052005-01-04 → 2005-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-50S 157-53W
  18. HYDROPAC 1994/042004-12-31 → 2004-12-31
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 40-32S 177-47E
  19. HYDROPAC 1942/042004-12-20 → 2005-02-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 36-08S 177-51E at 200841Z dec
  20. HYDROPAC 1900/042004-12-11 → 2004-12-11
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 37-09S 131-12W
  21. HYDROPAC 1877/042004-12-06 → 2005-01-19
    44 foot M/V kehaulani, two persons on board, unreported
  22. HYDROPAC 1859/042004-12-02 → 2004-12-03
    Seven meter M/V, white hull, nine persons on board disabled and overdue malendok island (03-28S 153-13E) to…
  23. HYDROPAC 1810/042004-11-19 → 2005-01-05
    Man overboard from M/V melilla 201 vicinity 48-52.7S 167-22.8E at 181910Z nov
  24. HYDROPAC 1752/042004-11-05 → 2004-12-20
    Man overboard vicinity 32-38S 110-39W
  25. HYDROPAC 1633/042004-10-16 → 2004-12-20
    Distress signal received in 07-43.7S 166-38.0W at 161435Z oct
  26. HYDROPAC 1628/042004-10-15 → 2004-12-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 43-47S 173-39E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…
  27. HYDROPAC 1610/042004-10-12 → 2004-10-18
    43 foot M/V raya, white hull, two persons on board, unreported
  28. HYDROPAC 1565/042004-10-01 → 2004-11-17
    Distress signal received from F/V diane carolina, yellow hull with green stripe, three persons on board,…
  29. HYDROPAC 1525/042004-09-23 → 2004-11-10
    Distress signal received from F/V fondepes morro sama in 18-23S 075-20W and 18-16S 075-06W
  30. HYDROPAC 1499/042004-09-19 → 2004-10-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 20-53S 175-09W
  31. HYDROPAC 1498/042004-09-18 → 2004-10-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 21-02S 175-18W
  32. HYDROPAC 1482/042004-09-15 → 2004-10-18
    Distress signal received in 20-13S 171-26W and 16-22S 168-19W
  33. HYDROPAC 1469/042004-09-12 → 2004-10-18
    Distress signal received vicinity 15-00S 164-30W
  34. HYDROPAC 1442/042004-09-06 → 2004-09-13
    F/V fatima, white hull, three persons on board, adrift in 04-46S 081-34W
  35. HYDROPAC 1328/042004-08-14 → 2004-09-30
    M/V costa azul reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 30-29S 086-05W at 140100Z aug
  36. HYDROPAC 1286/042004-08-07 → 2004-09-22
    Man overboard in 17-21S 087-59W
  37. HYDROPAC 1180/042004-07-18 → 2004-09-01
    F/V aurora b reports crewman with leg injury in 09-56S 111-24W
  38. HYDROPAC 1131/042004-07-08 → 2004-07-09
    Distress signal received in 18-44S 174-02W
  39. HYDROPAC 1129/042004-07-07 → 2004-07-08
    Last known position 04-46-54S 081-25-21W
    F/V Mama Mia, Six Persons On Board, Unreported
  40. HYDROPAC 1128/042004-07-07 → 2004-08-25
    Last known position 06-05S 081-30W
    F/V Mi Aurorita, Seven Persons On Board, Unreported
  41. HYDROPAC 1100/042004-07-02 → 2004-07-03
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 15-38S 164-54W
  42. HYDROPAC 1081/042004-06-28 → 2006-02-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-32S 170-09E
  43. HYDROPAC 989/042004-06-15 → 2004-07-08
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 15-47S 174-35W
  44. HYDROPAC 982/042004-06-13 → 2004-07-03
    Vessel iemanya, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 23-03S 075-59W at…
  45. HYDROPAC 960/042004-06-06 → 2004-07-08
    Man overboard from M/V sensuy maru in 22-54.6S 086-03.5W
  46. HYDROPAC 917/042004-05-28 → 2004-05-31
    F/V san luis, gray hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 17-12S 072-14W
  47. HYDROPAC 805/042004-05-05 → 2004-05-06
    15 foot F/V, three persons on board, unreported
  48. HYDROPAC 745/042004-04-27 → 2004-04-28
    Man overboard from M/V forum fiji 2 in 24-10.36S 176-23.40W at 270803Z apr
  49. HYDROPAC 730/042004-04-23 → 2004-05-22
    F/V edwin yesenia, three persons on board, in need of assistance vicinity 17-54.9S 072-06.3W
  50. HYDROPAC 729/042004-04-23 → 2004-05-22
    Eight meter F/V rosalinda, white and blue hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 04-35S…

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