Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 18-06S 176-15E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 100/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-01-19 09:40Z
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) · MNZ 38/08 181706Z JAN 08./. Issued 2008-01-18 18:31Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -18.100, 176.250. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Nga chart 81002 (6TH ed)later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-01-18 18:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 38/08 181706Z JAN 08./
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -18.100, 176.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY 18-06S 176-15E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 914 8333, FAX: 644 914 8334 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- 28 foot M/V lewa, white and blue striped hull, three persons on board, overdue2023-10-09
- 15 meter S/V valiant, green and gray hull, unreported2023-08-17
- Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 17-25.47S 177-08.29E at 110425Z jul2022-07-11
- Search and rescue operations in progress until 20 jan 21 in area bound by 16-58.0S 178-26.0E, 17-00.0S…2020-12-30
- 14.1 meter S/V paw paw, white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-36S 177-08E2017-05-07
- 9.2 meter S/V sloop lagaffe, blue hull, three persons on board, overdue lautoka (17-37-27S 177-27-10E) to…2015-09-22
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:45Z; 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) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.