Derelict partially submerged vessel adrift in vicinity 18-40.1S 178-30.8E at 170358Z oct
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3783/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-20 23:51Z
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) · NAVAREA XIV 153/18 172330Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-17 23:51Z. 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 -18.668, 178.513. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-10-17 23:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-10-20 23:51Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 153/18 172330Z OCT 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -18.668, 178.513
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. FIJI. DNC 06. 1. DERELICT PARTIALLY SUBMERGED VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 18-40.1S 178-30.8E AT 170358Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202351Z OCT 18.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Debris from wrecked vessel adrift in vicinity 18-07.04S 179-16.42E2022-12-29
- Debris from sunken vessel adrift in vicinity 18-07.04S 179-16.42E2022-12-02
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 16-55.9S 178-59.1E2017-07-18
- Derelict seven meter vessel white hull, adrift vicinity 17-58S 179-20E at 181200Z jun2015-06-18
- Derelict 25 meter F/V adrift vicinity 17-31.98S 176-49.14E at 290049Z mar2015-03-30
- Derelict 24 meter barge adrift vicinity 18-00S 179-05E2001-07-02
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
- North ovalau island light 17-33.81S 178-50.92E unlitNav aids · 69 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:03Z; 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.