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 551/991999-06-21 → 1999-07-02
    11 meter yacht totarore, blue topside, two persons on board, unreported since 11 jun
  2. HYDROPAC 393/991999-05-09 → 1999-06-15
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V western inlet towing two mile long cable in vicinity…
  3. HYDROPAC 134/991999-02-16 → 1999-03-12
    Derelict yacht prb, white superstructure, black hull, capsized and adrift in 54-59.3S 125-48.9W at 161241Z feb
  4. HYDROPAC 131/991999-02-16 → 1999-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V prb, one person on board, in vicinity 55-00S 125-51W at 152058Z…
  5. HYDROPAC 130/991999-02-15 → 1999-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V prb, one person on board, in vicinity 55-00S 125-51W at 152058Z…
  6. HYDROPAC 128/991999-02-15 → 1999-02-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V prb, one person on board, in vicinity 55-15S 126-27W at 151218Z…
  7. HYDROPAC 104/991999-02-06 → 1999-02-07
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in vicinity 01-57S 176-47W at 060305Z feb
  8. HYDROPAC 73/981998-02-03 → 1999-03-13
    Man overboard reported from vessel vicinity 22-00S 175-00W at 031029Z feb

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