Costa rica to panama
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 809/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-05-05 09:36Z
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 191740Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-20 12:19Z. 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 9.408, -84.300. 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
- Costa rica to panamacancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 791/122012-03-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 809/12 · this notice2012-03-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-03-20 12:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 191740Z MAR 12.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 9.408, -84.300
- vessel
- S/V SOLANA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. COSTA RICA TO PANAMA. 1. 32 FOOT S/V SOLANA, WHITE HULL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE PLAYA DEL COCO (10-32N 085-44W) TO PUERTO ARMUELLES(08-17N 082-52W). 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 791/12.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
32 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 on 406 mhz from M/V spyros V in 08-20.00N 086-02.00W2024-02-05
- Distress signal received from vessel in 07-58.58N 084-43.42W2023-12-04
- Man overboard in 07-19.12N 082-28.30W2023-10-26
- Vessel, one person on board, capsized and adrift in 09-33.71N 085-13.83W2022-06-17
- 33 foot S/V tlacuilo, one person on board, unreported golfito (08-39.2N 083-10.4W) to panama canal (08-57.2N…2022-04-07
- Three persons in water in vicinity 06-30N 084-20W2021-08-18
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 2026-09-25 13:16Z; 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.