Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 32-44S 164-14E
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 503/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-21 09:50Z
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) · MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND MSA 32/03 210451Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-21 09:10Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -32.733, 164.233. 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
- issued
- 2003-03-21 09:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND MSA 32/03 210451Z MAR 03
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -32.733, 164.233
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 AND 243.0 MHZ VICINITY 32-44S 164-14E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 4512 00067, PHONE: 644 914 5663, FAX: 644 914 5520 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
27 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 in 31-55.80S 164-46.27E2023-05-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 14 meter S/V aviva, two persons on board, taking on water in…2022-09-04
- S/V promise, three persons on board, overdue noosa heads (26-23.9S 153-05.6E) to opua (35-18.9S 174-07.1E)2014-10-07
- Australia to new zealand2013-06-14
- S/V scotch bonnet, three persons on board, dismasted and adrift vicinity 34-29S 162-33E2011-10-02
- New zealand to australia2011-06-28
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
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 00:06Z; 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.