Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard vicinity of trackline between mona island (18-05-12N 67-53-22W) and isla saona (18-09-20N…

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 1463/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-06-24 13:38Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · USCG SAN JUAN 151221Z JUN 15.. Issued 2015-06-15 12:29Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 18.156, -68.699. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2015-06-15 12:29Z
status
Archived notice
authority
USCG SAN JUAN 151221Z JUN 15.
issued by
USCG SAN JUAN
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
18.156, -68.699
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PUERTO RICO TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
DNC 14, DNC 16.
MAN OVERBOARD VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN
MONA ISLAND (18-05-12N 67-53-22W) AND ISLA SAONA
(18-09-20N 068-41-58W) AT 142100Z JUN. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST
IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD SAN JUAN,
PHONE: 787 289 2041.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Man overboard
Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

71 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:34Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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