30 foot F/V disabled and adrift in 10-23.9N 087-53.5W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3330/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-11-26 08:42Z
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 251535Z NOV 12.. Issued 2012-11-25 16:00Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 10.398, -87.892. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3330/12 and this msg, vessel assistedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-11-25 16:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 251535Z NOV 12.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 10.398, -87.892
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. 30 FOOT F/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 10-23.9N 087-53.5W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD ALAMEDA, TELEX: 230172343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- S/V dulcinea disabled and adrift in 09-34.00N 088-32.80W2023-07-12
- Derelict vessel, white hull with blue stripe, partially submerged and adrift in 11-33.6N 089-20.6W at…2015-04-28
- Derelict 55 foot S/V, copper colored hull, adrift in 10-59N 087-39W2014-02-08
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 11-07N 090-21W2014-01-23
- Derelict 40 foot F/V capitan eduardo, white hull, adrift vicinity 08-56.3N 086-47.7W at 101116Z mar2010-03-11
- Derelict 37 foot vessel partially submerged and adrift in 10-13.0N 088-43.2W2009-12-06
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
- 94 km sw of tamarindo, costa ricaQuakes · 90.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:48Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.