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 2076/012001-12-21 → 2002-01-03
    Last known position 13-47S 076-30W
    F/v, Three Persons On Board, Unreported
  2. HYDROPAC 2053/012001-12-17 → 2001-12-18
    F/V claudia, five persons on board, adrift vicinity 08-26S 079-53W
  3. HYDROPAC 2052/012001-12-17 → 2002-01-18
    Last known position 17-20S 075-40W
    F/V Adalid, Three Persons On Board, Unreported
  4. HYDROPAC 2014/012001-12-11 → 2001-12-25
    Man overboard in 08-00S 079-22W
  5. HYDROPAC 1990/012001-12-05 → 2001-12-25
    Man overboard in 12-09-50S 077-01-50W
  6. HYDROPAC 1989/012001-12-05 → 2001-12-25
    Man overboard in 12-21-42S 076-47-54W
  7. HYDROPAC 1977/012001-12-04 → 2001-12-25
    Man overboard in 11-00-30S 077-39-36W
  8. HYDROPAC 1971/012001-12-03 → 2001-12-04
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 59-53S 135-41W
  9. HYDROPAC 1934/012001-11-27 → 2001-11-27
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 44-12S 176-55E
  10. HYDROPAC 1909/012001-11-24 → 2001-12-01
    Derelict F/V piti capsized and adrift in 15-56S 076-12W
  11. HYDROPAC 1822/012001-11-11 → 2001-11-11
    M/V cma cgm utrillo reports crewman requiring immediate medevac in 20-31.8S 166-14.0W
  12. HYDROPAC 1675/012001-10-16 → 2001-11-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 15 meter S/V niro, two persons on board, in 16-15.4S 150-55.1W
  13. HYDROPAC 1638/012001-10-11 → 2001-10-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-40-26.4S 078-32-56.4W
  14. HYDROPAC 1637/012001-10-11 → 2001-10-25
    Man overboard vicinity 04-35.9S 081-26.2W
  15. HYDROPAC 1623/012001-10-08 → 2001-11-23
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 33-45S 171-46E
  16. HYDROPAC 1604/012001-10-05 → 2001-11-09
    F/V sayud, red and white hull, unreported vicinity 04-08S 081-47W
  17. HYDROPAC 1601/012001-10-04 → 2001-11-16
    Distress signal received in 00-23S 159-28W at 041832Z oct
  18. HYDROPAC 1588/012001-10-02 → 2001-10-03
    Man overboard from M/V direct eagle vicinity 23-55.4S 177-12.6E at 012115Z oct
  19. HYDROPAC 1586/012001-10-01 → 2001-10-10
    Man overboard vicinity 11-57S 077-44W
  20. HYDROPAC 1561/012001-09-28 → 2001-09-28
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 25-13S 176-35W
  21. HYDROPAC 1493/012001-09-16 → 2001-11-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 48-12S 168-06E
  22. HYDROPAC 1485/012001-09-13 → 2001-10-26
    Distress signal received in 27-29S 089-41W
  23. HYDROPAC 1475/012001-09-10 → 2001-09-19
    Man overboard vicinity las salinas chilca (12-45S 076-47W)
  24. HYDROPAC 1455/012001-09-07 → 2001-09-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 13-00S 171-48W
  25. HYDROPAC 1397/012001-08-27 → 2001-10-10
    Aircraft ditched vicinity 05-24-30S 080-59-32W
  26. HYDROPAC 1376/012001-08-22 → 2001-10-05
    Distress signal received vicinity 23-34.2S 179-05.4W at 222026Z aug
  27. HYDROPAC 1375/012001-08-22 → 2001-08-23
    Distress signal received from 44 foot S/V supremacy 32-30.52S 159-43.36W at 221735Z aug
  28. HYDROPAC 1369/012001-08-21 → 2001-08-22
    Distress signal received from M/V isabel dos in 10-03S 089-35W at 211931Z aug
  29. HYDROPAC 1348/012001-08-19 → 2001-08-19
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 36-00S 153-29W
  30. HYDROPAC 1224/012001-07-30 → 2001-09-14
    30 foot S/V calliope, one person on board, in distress in 17-06.18S 148-43.37W at 301830Z jul
  31. HYDROPAC 1218/012001-07-30 → 2001-07-30
    Distress signal received from vessel amoha 1 in 13-14S 160-07W at 300030Z jul
  32. HYDROPAC 1214/012001-07-30 → 2001-07-30
    Distress signal received from vessel amoha in 13-20S 160-00W at 300030Z jul
  33. HYDROPAC 1136/012001-07-18 → 2001-07-18
    Vessel on fire and crewman injured vicinity 39-30S 177-20W
  34. HYDROPAC 1078/012001-07-10 → 2001-07-11
    27 foot S/V sea tramp, yellow hull, one person on board, unreported whangarei to suva
  35. HYDROPAC 1045/012001-07-05 → 2001-07-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 28-09S 176-10E
  36. HYDROPAC 1043/012001-07-05 → 2001-07-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-12S 179-02E
  37. HYDROPAC 1038/012001-07-04 → 2001-07-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 30-07S 169-01E
  38. HYDROPAC 977/012001-06-26 → 2001-06-28
    Man overboard from F/V kouryou maru 51 in 09-10S 123-20W at 252230Z jun
  39. HYDROPAC 976/012001-06-26 → 2001-08-10
    Distress signal received in 02-37S 154-34W at 241228Z jun
  40. HYDROPAC 943/012001-06-20 → 2001-07-31
    Distress signal recieved from F/V vicinity 09-39S 079-53W
  41. HYDROPAC 889/012001-06-11 → 2001-07-31
    Man overboard vicinity 12-35.5S 076-42.4W
  42. HYDROPAC 790/012001-05-24 → 2001-05-25
    13 meter F/V moeraki bay, white hull, unreported vicinity cape palliser (41-50S 175-10E)
  43. HYDROPAC 786/012001-05-23 → 2001-05-25
    Six meter vessel, white hull, six persons on board, overdue buka passage (05-25S 154-40E) to carteret island…
  44. HYDROPAC 783/012001-05-22 → 2001-05-24
    F/V, two persons on board, overdue north of kavieng (02-35S 150-50E) to emirau island (01-40S 150-00E)
  45. HYDROPAC 777/012001-05-21 → 2001-06-01
    F/V kanu I, four persons on board, unreported vicinity 04-38.0S 081-36.5W
  46. HYDROPAC 759/012001-05-18 → 2001-05-19
    5.7 meter vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue bougainville to new ireland
  47. HYDROPAC 743/012001-05-16 → 2001-05-27
    30 foot M/V tamure, dark blue hull, three to five persons on board, unreported maupiti to mopelia, raiatea…
  48. HYDROPAC 706/012001-05-09 → 2001-05-10
    Distress signal recieved in 05-56S 155-02W at 090554Z may
  49. HYDROPAC 687/012001-05-06 → 2001-05-08
    Man overboard vicinity 08-40S 078-45W
  50. HYDROPAC 659/012001-05-01 → 2001-05-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 33-53.9S 080-33.8W

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