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 764/222022-03-23 → 2022-04-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-15S 106-30W
    Eastern South Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 749/222022-03-21 → 2022-03-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 16 meter sunken vessel enchanter in vicinity 34-24.87S 173-03.53E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  3. HYDROPAC 728/222022-03-20 → 2022-03-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 16 meter vessel enchanter in 34-24.87S 173-03.53E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  4. HYDROPAC 603/222022-03-06 → 2022-05-13
    Four meter F/V, black hull, three persons on board, overdue
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  5. HYDROPAC 568/222022-03-03 → 2022-03-04
    Distress signal received from five meter vessel swirly world, one person on board, in vicinity 41-52.53S…
    Eastern South Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 564/222022-03-03 → 2022-03-03
    Distress signal received from five meter vessel swirly world, one person on board, in vicinity 41-50.6S…
    Eastern South Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 562/222022-03-03 → 2022-03-03
    Distress signal received from five meter vessel swirly world, one person on board, in vicinity 41-50.6S…
    Eastern South Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 418/222022-02-18 → 2022-02-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-19.87N 172-39.67E at 180515Z feb
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  9. HYDROPAC 384/222022-02-13 → 2022-02-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 05-30S 170-45W
    South Pacific · Kiribati
  10. HYDROPAC 308/222022-02-04 → 2022-02-18
    4.2 meter vessel, black hull, three persons on board, unreported
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  11. HYDROPAC 278/222022-02-03 → 2022-02-11
    23 foot M/V, white with orange stripe, nine persons on board, overdue tabar island (02-55S 152-01E) to lihir…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  12. HYDROPAC 182/222022-01-21 → 2022-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 14-20.8S 161-57.1W
    South Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 167/222022-01-20 → 2022-02-04
    F/V maria pia sank in vicinity 13-37.7S 077-08.0W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  14. HYDROPAC 152/222022-01-18 → 2022-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 43-51.0S 147-09.1E at 181247Z jan
    Western South Pacific · Tasmania
  15. HYDROPAC 73/222022-01-08 → 2022-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 13-49S 171-45W
    South Pacific · Samoa
  16. HYDROPAC 52/222022-01-06 → 2022-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 00-34S 163-00E
    Western South Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 18/222022-01-03 → 2022-01-03
    Seven meter vessel, eight persons on board, overdue feni islands (04-04.3S 153-30.3E) to kavieng (02-32.2S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  18. HYDROPAC 3787/212021-12-31 → 2021-12-31
    Distress signal received in vicinity 21-49.67S 175-55.60W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  19. HYDROPAC 3700/212021-12-22 → 2021-12-27
    F/V priscila y fredy unreported
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  20. HYDROPAC 3529/212021-12-06 → 2021-12-24
    Five meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue from tarawa (01-22N 173-07E) at 031700Z dec
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  21. HYDROPAC 3417/212021-11-27 → 2021-12-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-16.1S 158-56.6E at 271204Z nov
    Western South Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 3313/212021-11-17 → 2021-12-03
    47 foot S/V marifa, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue
    South Pacific French Polynesia
  23. HYDROPAC 3261/212021-11-11 → 2021-11-12
    Distress signal received in vicinity 19-49.0S 174-44.8W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  24. HYDROPAC 3185/212021-11-07 → 2021-11-07
    Nine meter M/V, blue and white hull, ten persons on board, unreported
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  25. HYDROPAC 3145/212021-11-02 → 2021-11-03
    Eastern south pacific DNC 06
  26. HYDROPAC 3035/212021-10-23 → 2021-10-26
    Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 19-01.80S 146-13.05W at 231430Z oct
    South Pacific · French Polynesia
  27. HYDROPAC 2990/212021-10-19 → 2021-10-21
    42 foot S/V heritage, one person on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-02.8S 173-28.6E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  28. HYDROPAC 2939/212021-10-15 → 2021-10-29
    Three meter canoe, blue hull, one person on board, overdue makin island kiribati (03-22N 172-58E)
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  29. HYDROPAC 2806/212021-10-04 → 2021-10-16
    19 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue tarawa (01-20N 173-00E) to maiana island (00-56N…
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  30. HYDROPAC 2664/212021-09-18 → 2021-09-22
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow stripe, three persons on board, overdue kavieng (02-36.32S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  31. HYDROPAC 2663/212021-09-18 → 2021-09-22
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow stripe, two persons on board, overdue lihir island (03-06-04S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  32. HYDROPAC 2629/212021-09-15 → 2021-10-01
    Man overboard from F/V fu yuan NO1 in vicinity 10-19S 145-16W at 140150Z sep
    South Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 2605/212021-09-13 → 2021-09-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from seven meter M/V, five persons on board, in vicinity 04-57.4S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  34. HYDROPAC 2587/212021-09-12 → 2021-09-24
    Vessel juan I, multiple persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 18-33.0S 071-25.5W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  35. HYDROPAC 2549/212021-09-09 → 2021-09-24
    Vessel, white hull, nine persons on board, adrift lihir island (03-11.34S 152-40.68E) to namatanai (03-40.5S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  36. HYDROPAC 2460/212021-08-29 → 2021-09-01
    F/V tia juana, unreported
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  37. HYDROPAC 2434/212021-08-26 → 2021-08-29
    Search and rescue operation in area bound by 05-27-19S 081-44-27W, 05-22-32S 081-27-57W, 05-49-34S…
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  38. HYDROPAC 2388/212021-08-21 → 2021-09-10
    Distress signal received in vicinity 19-59.73S 174-44.73W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  39. HYDROPAC 2353/212021-08-17 → 2021-08-18
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, six persons on board, overdue duff island (09-51S 157-10E) to reef island…
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  40. HYDROPAC 2296/212021-08-10 → 2021-08-12
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, one person on board, overdue matlik (04-47.82S…
    Western South Pacific · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  41. HYDROPAC 2264/212021-08-07 → 2021-08-10
    Seven meter vessel, white and orange hull, seven persons on board, unreported konos, new IRELAND(03-10.03S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  42. HYDROPAC 2251/212021-08-06 → 2021-08-09
    Derelict F/V fiorella medalit capsized and adrift in 05-09-18S 081-23-12W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  43. HYDROPAC 2218/212021-08-03 → 2021-08-03
    Ten meter M/V blue marlin, 70 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 02-10.72S 150-23.99E at 021100Z aug
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROPAC 2079/212021-07-19 → 2021-07-22
    Seven meter vessel, six persons on board, capsized in 04-25.12S 154-06.83E at 190001Z jul
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  45. HYDROPAC 2074/212021-07-19 → 2021-07-19
    Seven meter vessel, seven persons on board, overdue buka island (05-09S 154-29E) to nissan island (04-34S…
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  46. HYDROPAC 2043/212021-07-15 → 2021-07-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-12.8S 169-30.9W
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  47. HYDROPAC 2024/212021-07-13 → 2021-07-13
    Distress signal received from F/V fu yuan yu 7629 in 02-14.7S 097-51.3W
    Eastern South Pacific
  48. HYDROPAC 2010/212021-07-12 → 2021-07-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 28-42.07S 178-30.93E
    Western South Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 1991/212021-07-09 → 2021-07-09
    Seven meter vessel, 13 persons on board, unreported buka island (05-00.15S 154-36.44E) to nissan island…
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  50. HYDROPAC 1981/212021-07-08 → 2021-07-16
    Six meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue buariki village tarawa (01-36N 172-57E) to ewena village…
    North Pacific · Kiribati

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