Incidents · overdue

27 foot S/V amber, white and blue hull, one person on board, overdue san francisco (37-47N 122-26W) to san…

Eastern North Pacific · California · HYDROPAC 2166/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-17 09:45Z

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) · RCC ALAMEDA 021451Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-02 15:28Z. 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: Eastern North Pacific · California. The parsed report position is 35.242, -119.800. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

issued: 2011-08-02 15:28Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 021451Z AUG 11.
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
position: 35.242, -119.800
vessel: S/V AMBER
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
27 FOOT S/V AMBER, WHITE AND BLUE HULL, ONE PERSON
ON BOARD, OVERDUE SAN FRANCISCO (37-47N 122-26W)
TO SAN DIEGO (32-42N 117-10W). VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA, TELEX: 2301 72343,
PHONE: 510 437 3701, EMAIL: RCCALAMEDA@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Overdue vessel: A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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

31 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.

Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 35-01.07N 121-24.60W2024-01-21
Eastern north pacific DNC 132022-11-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-38.00N 118-13.00W2022-08-06
Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 36-00N 123-00.0W2019-05-03
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-43.9N 121-10.3W2018-11-10
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-38.3N 121-52.1W2018-01-11

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

C22G+FM morro bay, ca, USASpills · 58.3 nm
PQ63+HX los angeles, ca, USASpills · 119.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:02Z; 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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