Incidents · overdue

36 foot S/V andiamo, white hull, two persons on board, overdue vava'u (18-39.10S 173-59.00W) to fiji…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROPAC 3678/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-12-08 15:03Z

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 139/23 220519Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-22 05:32Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -18.409, 2.233. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
TONGA TO FIJI.
DNC 06.
1. 36 FOOT S/V ANDIAMO, WHITE HULL, TWO PERSONS
   ON BOARD, OVERDUE VAVA'U (18-39.10S 173-59.00W)
   TO FIJI (18-10.00S 178-27.00E). VESSELS IN VICINITY
   REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
   E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3443/23.

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.
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.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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

10 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

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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 05:30Z; 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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