Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V spyros V in 08-20.00N 086-02.00W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 423/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-23 17:14Z
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 0/24 050213Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-05 02:18Z. 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 8.333, -86.033. 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 North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2024-02-05 02:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 0/24 050213Z FEB 24.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 8.333, -86.033
- vessel
- M/V SPYROS V
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DNC 14. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM M/V SPYROS V IN 08-20.00N 086-02.00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA, PHONE: 510 437 3701, EMAIL: RCCALAMEDA1@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
43 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.
- Distress signal received from vessel in 07-58.58N 084-43.42W2023-12-04
- Vessel, one person on board, capsized and adrift in 09-33.71N 085-13.83W2022-06-17
- Three persons in water in vicinity 06-30N 084-20W2021-08-18
- F/V capitan bismark unreported to isla del coco (05-31-08N 087-04-18W) and return2018-02-22
- Distress signal received from 51 foot S/V reliant, white hull, in 09-30.9N 085-18.2W at 251237Z nov2017-11-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-28.0N 088-50.2W2017-07-22
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 · 89.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:13Z; 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) →
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.