Restricted areas & port closures in 2026

Navigation prohibited, exclusion and security zones, ports closed to traffic.

issued in 2026
2
still in force
1
vs 2025
-50%
first · last
01-12 · 08-24

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so this year is under-counted.

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROLANT1
  • NAVAREA VII1

Where · top seas

South Atlantic Ocean150%
Mozambique Channel150%

All restricted areas & port closures issued in 2026 · 2

  1. HYDROLANT 1658/262026-08-24 → 2026-08-24
    Navigation prohibited on August 25 from 11:00 to 19:00 UTC within two miles of 26-53S 048-35W in Brazil, South Atlantic. Cancel at 20:00.
    South Atlantic · Brazil
  2. NAVAREA 7 13/26in force2026-01-12
    NAVAREA VII 013 of 2026: (12 jan 26) 1. indian ocean – sw sector – mozambique channel 3. chart san 1 4.…

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and your national MSI service.

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