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 1328/022002-07-20 → 2002-07-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-26S 172-28W
  2. HYDROPAC 1319/022002-07-19 → 2002-07-20
    F/V dona josefina, six persons on board, unreported vicinity 16-10S 076-20W
  3. HYDROPAC 1286/022002-07-11 → 2002-08-23
    2 meter F/V san geronimo, seven persons on board, unreported
  4. HYDROPAC 1254/022002-07-05 → 2002-08-16
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 36-36S 179-32W
  5. HYDROPAC 1251/022002-07-04 → 2002-07-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 36-57S 179-27W and 45-57S 135-27W
  6. HYDROPAC 1198/022002-06-26 → 2002-06-27
    Distress signal received from 29 foot vessel fiji aggressor, 16 persons on board, aground and taking on…
  7. HYDROPAC 1156/022002-06-21 → 2002-08-03
    5 meter F/V luchito II, red and white hull, two persons on board, unreported vicinity 12-47S 076-37W
  8. HYDROPAC 1149/022002-06-20 → 2002-06-21
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 40-38S 176-56E
  9. HYDROPAC 1144/022002-06-19 → 2002-05-28
    Two distress rockets fired from vessel in 17-11S 149-24W at 190620Z jun
  10. HYDROPAC 1128/022002-06-18 → 2002-06-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 27-15S 165-51E
  11. HYDROPAC 1116/022002-06-17 → 2002-06-30
    Distress signal received from S/V cojo, white and blue hull, two persons on board, in 12-56.1S 143-07.4W at…
  12. HYDROPAC 1075/022002-06-11 → 2002-07-26
    F/V santa ines III sunk in 15-04S 075-25W
  13. HYDROPAC 1052/022002-06-06 → 2002-07-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-27.9S 100-17.7W at 061209Z jun
  14. HYDROPAC 1051/022002-06-06 → 2002-06-08
    10 meter vessel skiddy too, one person on board, unreported taranaki to mooloolaba
  15. HYDROPAC 1030/022002-06-03 → 2002-07-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 35-26S 179-31W
  16. HYDROPAC 1022/022002-06-01 → 2002-06-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 40-57S 177-27E
  17. HYDROPAC 966/022002-05-25 → 2002-07-12
    Distress signal received vicinity 16-30S 143-45W at 241745Z may
  18. HYDROPAC 788/022002-04-27 → 2002-05-17
    Nine meter F/V fondepes, orange and white hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-50S 079-16W
  19. HYDROPAC 782/022002-04-26 → 2002-06-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-50.2S 156-06.0W at 261235Z apr
  20. HYDROPAC 776/022002-04-25 → 2002-04-26
    Distress signal received from vessel jin fu shiang in 34-10S 135-09W
  21. HYDROPAC 756/022002-04-22 → 2002-04-26
    16 meter F/V PONCE-1, blue hull, ten persons on board, adrift vicinity 11-53S 078-54W
  22. HYDROPAC 755/022002-04-22 → 2002-05-17
    F/V cruz de chalpon, brown hull, six persons on board, unreported
  23. HYDROPAC 737/022002-04-20 → 2002-06-06
    25 meter F/V don tani, 14 persons on board, unreported
  24. HYDROPAC 736/022002-04-20 → 2002-04-26
    11 meter F/V virgen del carmen, yellow hull, eight persons on board, adrift vicinity 13-54S 078-40W
  25. HYDROPAC 728/022002-04-19 → 2002-04-19
    M/V on fire, two persons abandoning ship on liferaft in 33-52S 172-09E
  26. HYDROPAC 652/022002-04-08 → 2002-04-08
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 47-08S 177-07W
  27. HYDROPAC 625/022002-04-03 → 2002-04-03
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 37-00S 177-00W
  28. HYDROPAC 591/022002-03-28 → 2002-04-20
    9 meter F/V polar IV sunk in 13-22-12S 076-36-30W, persons missing
  29. HYDROPAC 547/022002-03-24 → 2002-05-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V quetro in 47-02S 137-56W
  30. HYDROPAC 513/022002-03-20 → 2002-03-24
    F/V tatiana, four persons on board, unreported vicinity 04-12S 081-23W
  31. HYDROPAC 501/022002-03-18 → 2002-05-03
    52 foot S/V sojourner, white hull with maroon trim, three persons on board, unreported galapagos islands to…
  32. HYDROPAC 497/022002-03-18 → 2002-03-20
    Last known position 04-34S 081-32W
    F/V Jesus Nazareno, Four Persons On Board, Unreported
  33. HYDROPAC 491/022002-03-18 → 2002-03-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 38-00S 160-45W
  34. HYDROPAC 489/022002-03-17 → 2002-05-03
    M/V pearl queen reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 32-27S 100-27W
  35. HYDROPAC 470/022002-03-15 → 2002-03-17
    Last known position 15-13S 081-23W
    F/V Jesus Sobre Las Aguas, Four Persons On Board, Unreported
  36. HYDROPAC 457/022002-03-14 → 2002-03-14
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 44-00S 176-00W
  37. HYDROPAC 400/022002-03-04 → 2002-03-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 28-30S 173-00W at 042000Z mar
  38. HYDROPAC 372/022002-02-27 → 2002-03-29
    Last known position 10-57S 078-28W
    F/V Motupesito, Three Persons On Board, Unreported
  39. HYDROPAC 348/022002-02-23 → 2002-02-23
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 35-01S 175-39E
  40. HYDROPAC 250/022002-02-09 → 2002-02-14
    Vessel, white hull, one person on board, unreported vicinity 21-00S 178-50W on 06 feb
  41. HYDROPAC 247/022002-02-08 → 2002-02-09
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 22-02S 170-44W and 21-03S 175-09W
  42. HYDROPAC 201/022002-02-01 → 2002-02-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 34-57S 177-43E
  43. HYDROPAC 174/022002-01-28 → 2002-03-15
    70 meter F/V tiuna, blue hull, 22 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 03-58S 102-14W
  44. HYDROPAC 138/022002-01-23 → 2002-03-08
    Man overboard from vessel in 12-16-30S 079-54-06W
  45. HYDROPAC 106/022002-01-16 → 2002-03-01
    F/V cuchura, four persons on board, unreported vicinity 10-10S 080-00W
  46. HYDROPAC 61/022002-01-10 → 2002-01-23
    Last known position 15-30S 074-56W
    Four Meter F/V Crhistel Unreported
  47. HYDROPAC 60/022002-01-10 → 2002-02-21
    Last known position 04-34S 081-23W
    F/V El Temible, Two Persons On Board, Unreported
  48. HYDROPAC 2089/012001-12-24 → 2002-02-08
    F/V sunk in 12-07-30S 077-13-50W
  49. HYDROPAC 2081/012001-12-22 → 2001-12-24
    Last known position 06-33S 083-20W
    F/v, Seven Persons On Board, Unreported
  50. HYDROPAC 2080/012001-12-22 → 2002-02-02
    Last known position 13-30S 077-55W
    F/v, Six Persons On Board, Unreported

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