Incidents · overdue

S/V octopus IV, white hull, two persons on board, unreported

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 133/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-03-03 16:22Z

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) · COLOMBIA 30/17 172101Z FEB 17.. Issued 2017-02-17 21:36Z. 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: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 13.583, -81.750. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2017-02-17 21:36Z
status: Archived notice
authority: COLOMBIA 30/17 172101Z FEB 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: COLOMBIA
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 13.583, -81.750
vessel: S/V OCTOPUS IV
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
COLOMBIA.
S/V OCTOPUS IV, WHITE HULL, TWO PERSONS
ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION
IN VICINITY 13-35N 081-45W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS
TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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

38 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

12 meter S/V carpe diem, one person on board, overdue2024-01-03
Distress signal received in vicinity 12-31.00N 081-40.00W at 010800Z apr2023-04-01
Distress signal received in 11-21.19N 081-24.76W2023-01-22
Colombia to nicaragua2022-10-18
S/V vanett, two persons on board, adrift in 12-43.80N 079-50.10W at 041800Z jul2022-07-04
Vessel varuna, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in 12-51.79N 081-21.85W2022-07-04

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

Hoyo soplador light, fl w 15 sec 20 meters 12 miles, established in 12-28.85N 081-43.83WNav aids · 66.2 nm
Cayo roncador light 13-34.41N 080-05.51W unlitNav aids · 96.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:51Z; 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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