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 164/032003-01-29 → 2003-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-07.2N 172-49.2E
  2. HYDROPAC 112/032003-01-21 → 2003-01-21
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 39-31S 177-26E
  3. HYDROPAC 82/032003-01-16 → 2003-01-25
    6 meter F/V ericka, white and blue hull, four persons on board, adrift in 17-20S 073-35W
  4. HYDROPAC 75/032003-01-15 → 2003-01-15
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 18-15S 172-50W
  5. HYDROPAC 68/032003-01-14 → 2003-01-20
    3 meter F/V pedro jaime, blue hull with white stripe, six persons on board, unreported
  6. HYDROPAC 59/032003-01-12 → 2003-02-26
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 01-40S 174-42W at 122146Z jan
  7. HYDROPAC 45/032003-01-11 → 2003-01-15
    11 meter F/V carmencita, five persons on board, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 05-30S 081-07W
  8. HYDROPAC 2448/022002-12-29 → 2002-12-29
    Distress signal received from vessel nufka, one person on board, in 29-04.0S 167-14.3E at 290351Z dec
  9. HYDROPAC 2389/022002-12-19 → 2002-12-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 15-00S 171-00W
  10. HYDROPAC 2371/022002-12-16 → 2003-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V ole hoop, white hull, two persons on board, vicinity 54-54S…
  11. HYDROPAC 2351/022002-12-13 → 2002-12-16
    Distress signal received from S/V ole hoop, two persons on board, in 55-44S 073-42W at 130415Z dec
  12. HYDROPAC 2316/022002-12-08 → 2002-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 43-21S 176-26E
  13. HYDROPAC 2281/022002-12-04 → 2002-12-04
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 01-47.4S 096-25.4W
  14. HYDROPAC 2267/022002-12-02 → 2002-12-02
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 00-28.3S 130-54.9W vessels in vicinity requested to keep a…
  15. HYDROPAC 2264/022002-12-02 → 2002-12-02
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 02-32.2S 105-16.3W
  16. HYDROPAC 2257/022002-12-01 → 2002-12-02
    Distress signal received vicinity 01-11S 157-22E
  17. HYDROPAC 2208/022002-11-26 → 2002-11-29
    2 partially submerged and adrift vicinity 10-30S 163-08E at 260600Z nov 14 persons remain missing
    Derelict F/V Hsin Tsaifa No
  18. HYDROPAC 2168/022002-11-21 → 2002-11-21
    Distress signal received from F/V dani el solander in 47-42S 178-17E
  19. HYDROPAC 2142/022002-11-19 → 2002-11-19
    Vessel pnenuma, two persons on board, aground and taking on water vicinity south minerva reef (23-55S 179-06W)
  20. HYDROPAC 2078/022002-11-09 → 2002-12-21
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 10-32S 166-29W
  21. HYDROPAC 2072/022002-11-07 → 2002-11-08
    F/V cristo mi salvador, white hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 04-21.5S 081-46.0W
  22. HYDROPAC 2056/022002-11-04 → 2002-12-21
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicnity 37-26S 171-43W
  23. HYDROPAC 2002/022002-10-26 → 2002-10-26
    F/V eli on fire and sinking vicinity 07-31-41S 095-11-58W
  24. HYDROPAC 1998/022002-10-25 → 2002-10-26
    F/V eli on fire and sinking vicinity 07-39S 095-07W
  25. HYDROPAC 1990/022002-10-25 → 2002-12-07
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 13-53S 170-21W
  26. HYDROPAC 1989/022002-10-24 → 2002-10-25
    Distress signal received on 2182 khz from M/V atlantis, two persons on board, in 21-43.8S 174-38.0E at…
  27. HYDROPAC 1988/022002-10-24 → 2002-10-25
    Distress signal received vicinity 13-28S 176-05W
  28. HYDROPAC 1982/022002-10-24 → 2002-10-25
    34 foot S/V banshee, grey, white and blue hull, two persons on board, unreported
  29. HYDROPAC 1979/022002-10-23 → 2002-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-09.2S 110-09.8W
  30. HYDROPAC 1953/022002-10-18 → 2002-11-20
    Vessel poti marara unreported moorea to maiao
  31. HYDROPAC 1891/022002-10-10 → 2002-10-12
    Seven meter M/V, seven persons on board, overdue kavieng (02-35S 150-49E) to mussau island (01-30S 149-44E)
  32. HYDROPAC 1883/022002-10-09 → 2002-10-10
    Two seven meter m/v's, five persons on board and seven persons on board, overdue kavieng (02-35S 150-49E) to…
  33. HYDROPAC 1877/022002-10-08 → 2002-11-23
    42 foot S/V freedom five, five persons on board, dismasted with engine problems vicinity 05-23S 127-50.53W
  34. HYDROPAC 1856/022002-10-05 → 2002-11-23
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 21-42S 173-16W
  35. HYDROPAC 1854/022002-10-05 → 2002-10-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 21-39S 175-09W
  36. HYDROPAC 1670/022002-09-13 → 2002-10-26
    Distress signal received from 24 meter F/V jin star 2, white hull, 13 persons on board, vicinity 02-11S…
  37. HYDROPAC 1665/022002-09-12 → 2002-09-17
    19 foot M/V, two persons on board, overdue tench island (01-39S 150-43E) to emirau island (01-38S 150-00E)
  38. HYDROPAC 1647/022002-09-10 → 2002-09-12
    24 foot vessel, five persons on board, overdue tofua island (19-45S 175-05W) to kotu island (19-56S 174-48W)
  39. HYDROPAC 1617/022002-09-05 → 2002-09-06
    Distress signal recieved on 121.5 mhz vicinity 34-06S 151-18W at 051534Z sep
  40. HYDROPAC 1599/022002-09-02 → 2002-09-02
    Man overboard from vessel aqua bella vicinity 49-37S 165-55W at 021930Z sep
  41. HYDROPAC 1593/022002-09-02 → 2002-09-09
    Derelict F/V toki maru 8, capsized and adrift vicinity 01-00S 167-32E at 280200Z aug
  42. HYDROPAC 1574/022002-08-30 → 2002-08-30
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz and 243 mhz vicinity 19-37S 175-00W
  43. HYDROPAC 1537/022002-08-24 → 2002-10-02
    Six meter F/V apolo, white hull, four persons on board, unreported vicinity 04-14-53S 081-29-20W
  44. HYDROPAC 1534/022002-08-24 → 2002-08-24
    Man overboard from six meter F/V vicinity 04-14-43S 081-29-20W
  45. HYDROPAC 1509/022002-08-19 → 2002-10-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-55S 173-20E at 190709Z aug
  46. HYDROPAC 1494/022002-08-17 → 2002-08-17
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 32-22S 174-03E
  47. HYDROPAC 1468/022002-08-13 → 2002-10-02
    Nine meter F/V orlando jose II, six persons on board, unreported vicinity 09-05S 079-23W
  48. HYDROPAC 1443/022002-08-09 → 2002-08-09
    Distress signal received in 02-34.5S 111-41.8W
  49. HYDROPAC 1345/022002-07-22 → 2002-09-06
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz and 243 mhz in 13-20S 173-00W at 221900Z jul
  50. HYDROPAC 1333/022002-07-20 → 2002-07-22
    F/V jesucristo, four persons on board, unreported vicinity 04-33S 081-20W

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