Incidents · grounding

M/V big sac, three persons on board, aground and taking on water in 17-47.35N 087-59.1W at 100700Z aug

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 703/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-30 15:17Z

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) · COAST GUARD BELIZE 101220Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-10 12:46Z. 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 17.789, -87.985. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-08-10 12:46Z
status
Archived notice
authority
COAST GUARD BELIZE 101220Z AUG 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
COAST GUARD BELIZE
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
17.789, -87.985
vessel
M/V BIG SAC
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
MEXICO.
M/V BIG SAC, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD,
AGROUND AND TAKING ON WATER IN
17-47.35N 087-59.1W AT 100700Z AUG.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO COAST GUARD BELIZE.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.
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)

4 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:11Z; source collection times vary.

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