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 728/042004-04-23 → 2004-05-22
    Ten meter F/V maracaibo, blue hull, five persons on board, unreported
  2. HYDROPAC 703/042004-04-20 → 2004-04-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 36-28S 175-16E
  3. HYDROPAC 663/042004-04-13 → 2004-04-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 20-46S 175-20W
  4. HYDROPAC 660/042004-04-12 → 2004-05-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-36.7S 102-28.4W
  5. HYDROPAC 643/042004-04-09 → 2004-04-29
    M/V rigo, blue hull, three persons on board, adrift due to engine failure in 19-45S 074-16W
  6. HYDROPAC 639/042004-04-09 → 2004-04-09
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 45-11S 173-19E
  7. HYDROPAC 510/042004-03-19 → 2004-03-27
    Seven meter F/V anita, white hull, one person on board, unreported vicinity 16-14S 073-42W
  8. HYDROPAC 488/042004-03-16 → 2004-03-17
    Distress signal received from vessel lan capsizing in 08-30S 160-30W
  9. HYDROPAC 472/042004-03-13 → 2004-03-22
    Ten meter F/V virgen de natividad, green hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 19-10S…
  10. HYDROPAC 434/042004-03-07 → 2004-03-08
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz in 21-14S 174-28W
  11. HYDROPAC 421/042004-03-06 → 2004-03-06
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 19-29S 173-59W
  12. HYDROPAC 413/042004-03-06 → 2004-03-08
    Man overboard from vessel vicinity 44-29.8S 171-16.2E at 060800Z mar
  13. HYDROPAC 394/042004-03-04 → 2004-04-17
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 21-08S 175-49W at 032332Z mar
  14. HYDROPAC 386/042004-03-02 → 2004-03-27
    F/V lady valerie reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 42-00.7S 148-07.7W at 020200Z mar
  15. HYDROPAC 379/042004-02-27 → 2004-02-28
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 19-14S 174-48W
  16. HYDROPAC 378/042004-02-27 → 2004-02-27
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 20-49S 175-16W
  17. HYDROPAC 377/042004-02-27 → 2004-03-13
    Distress signal received in 24-30S 083-03W
  18. HYDROPAC 372/042004-02-27 → 2004-02-28
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 14-03S 170-47W
  19. HYDROPAC 367/042004-02-27 → 2004-03-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 20-40S 174-50W
  20. HYDROPAC 321/042004-02-20 → 2004-02-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 56-30S 160-00W
  21. HYDROPAC 258/042004-02-11 → 2003-02-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 27-20S 175-30W
  22. HYDROPAC 228/042004-02-06 → 2004-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 14-34S 167-17W
  23. HYDROPAC 224/042004-02-05 → 2004-02-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 11-35S 173-02W
  24. HYDROPAC 142/042004-01-24 → 2004-01-25
    Man overboard from F/V tasnui in 48-14.5S 168-18.7E at 240445Z jan
  25. HYDROPAC 138/042004-01-24 → 2004-01-24
    Man overboard from F/V pasnu in 48-14.5S 168-18.7E
  26. HYDROPAC 80/042004-01-17 → 2004-01-18
    28 foot S/V wanda, white hull, one person on board, last known position 44-45S 173-01E at 160615Z jan
  27. HYDROPAC 78/042004-01-17 → 2004-01-22
    Two vessels, blue hulls, seven persons on board, overdue luaniua atoll (05-52S 159-40E) to tasman island…
  28. HYDROPAC 74/042004-01-16 → 2004-03-02
    M/V ocean breeze reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 06-35.4S 179-53.8W
  29. HYDROPAC 53/042004-01-12 → 2004-01-12
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz within 100 miles of 35-05S 173-33E at 121237Z jan
  30. HYDROPAC 50/042004-01-12 → 2004-01-12
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 32-21S 163-09E at 112316Z jan
  31. HYDROPAC 37/042004-01-09 → 2004-02-24
    Eight meter F/V paivero, red, white and blue hull, five persons on board, adrift in 10-00S 080-05W
  32. HYDROPAC 2260/032003-12-30 → 2004-02-14
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 33-00S 168-00E
  33. HYDROPAC 2239/032003-12-27 → 2004-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-47.2S 166-59.6W at 271244Z dec
  34. HYDROPAC 2233/032003-12-27 → 2004-02-07
    F/V pacific tarcker 116, 13 persons on board, aground in 06-19S 159-21E
  35. HYDROPAC 2232/032003-12-27 → 2003-12-27
    F/V pacific tarcker 116, 13 persons on board, sinking in 07-19S 159-21E at 270105Z dec
  36. HYDROPAC 2227/032003-12-25 → 2004-02-07
    Two vessels, 17 persons on board, overdue kavieng (02-35S 149-50E) to massau (01-25S 149-40E)
  37. HYDROPAC 2157/032003-12-10 → 2003-12-10
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 36-00S 149-00W
  38. HYDROPAC 2127/032003-12-06 → 2003-12-06
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 14-53S 171-15W
  39. HYDROPAC 2124/032003-12-06 → 2003-12-06
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 15-00S 171-00W
  40. HYDROPAC 2039/032003-11-25 → 2004-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-05.5S 154-46.6E
  41. HYDROPAC 2020/032003-11-22 → 2003-11-24
    Ten meter M/V gazelle, gray hull, overdue and reported disabled between bakar point (04-12S 152-42E) and…
  42. HYDROPAC 1980/032003-11-17 → 2004-01-03
    Distress signal received from eight meter vessel vicinity 50-38S 176-05W
  43. HYDROPAC 1956/032003-11-12 → 2003-11-14
    Distress signal received vicinity 12-29S 078-10W
  44. HYDROPAC 1940/032003-11-08 → 2003-11-09
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 21-00S 175-16W
  45. HYDROPAC 1830/032003-10-22 → 2003-10-22
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 40-43S 177-20E
  46. HYDROPAC 1739/032003-10-07 → 2003-10-07
    Distress signal received from M/V breanna lynn vicinity 11-30S 170-16W
  47. HYDROPAC 1718/032003-10-05 → 2003-10-06
    Four meter vessel, three persons on board, unreported
  48. HYDROPAC 1711/032003-10-04 → 2003-10-04
    Distress signal received from vessel sureste 707 in 43-15S 179-20W at 031945Z oct
  49. HYDROPAC 1698/032003-10-01 → 2003-10-22
    15 meter vessel rio tutuven, white hull, unreported to puerto corral (39-52S 073-26W)
  50. HYDROPAC 1639/032003-09-24 → 2003-09-24
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 40-57S 179-14W

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