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Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel kapakau 'o tafahi in vicinity 18-45.90S 173-58.90W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1336/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-06-03 13:57Z

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 57/22 140717Z MAY 22.. Issued 2022-05-14 09:14Z. 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 -18.765, -173.982. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 1323/222022-05-13 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1336/22 · this notice2022-05-14 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued
2022-05-14 09:14Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MNZ 57/22 140717Z MAY 22.
issued by
MNZ
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-18.765, -173.982
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
TONGA.
DNC 06.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM
VESSEL KAPAKAU 'O TAFAHI IN VICINITY
18-45.90S 173-58.90W. ALL VESSELS WITHIN 50
NAUTICAL MILES REQUESTED TO REPORT
POSITION, COURSE AND SPEED. REPORTS TO
TAUPO MARITIME RADIO/ZLM ON SSB,
 MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND
INMARSAT-C NUMBER 451200067 OR E-MAIL ADDRESS:
MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.

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.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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

117 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-10-02 04:04Z; 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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