World-Wide Navigational Warning Service

NAVAREA XI

Coordinated by Japan (Japan Coast Guard (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department)); covers the north-west Pacific and East Asian seas, from Japan to the South China Sea.

NAVAREA XI covers the seas of East Asia: the waters around Japan, the Yellow, East China and South China Seas and the western Pacific. The Japan Coast Guard coordinates it. Rocket launches from China and Japan, volcanic activity south of Japan and heavy survey and exercise activity make it one of the busiest areas in the world.

The in-force list is collected directly from the Japan Coast Guard; older warnings come from NGA HYDROPAC relays.

own list read
Japan Coast Guard
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own series 78 · named in an NGA relay 10,271

What the archive shows

10,349 warnings in this archive are attributed to NAVAREA XI, issued from 1999-05-14 to 2026-09-24. 34 of them are in force in the latest lists we collected.

78 come from the area's own series and 10,271 are NGA relays that name NAVAREA XI as their source.

Exercises accounts for 4,948 of 10,349 recorded messages (48%), the largest warning type group in this selection.

The stations and services named as originators most often are JAPAN COAST GUARD (79), AUSCOAST (9), CTG (3) and AUSSAR (2), among 47 in all.

The largest yearly count is 2010, with 746 warnings. Collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17, so those years are not comparable.

They reached this archive through HYDROPAC (10,268), NAVAREA XI (78), HYDROLANT (2) and HYDROARC (1).

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Warning types

Originating stations and services · 47

The authority recorded with each message: the range, rescue centre, coast radio station or national service that issued it.

Where they lie · 40 sea areas

Newest in force · 34

  1. NAVAREA XI 426/26 · Cable ops · South China Sea2026-09-24 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitude
  2. NAVAREA XI 425/26 · Missiles2026-09-23 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Space debris
  3. NAVAREA XI 424/26 · Derelicts · South China Sea2026-09-22 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Abandoned vessel, M/V msc hermes 3, 213 metre long, adrift in vicinity of 11-45N 112-15E on 220820Z sep
  4. NAVAREA XI 423/26 · Cable ops · Singapore Strait2026-09-22 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further notice
  5. NAVAREA XI 414/26 · Piracy · South China Sea2026-09-17 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Armed robbery information
  6. NAVAREA XI 408/26 · Wrecks · Java Sea2026-09-13 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Sunken wreck, exists in 04-32-31.8S 114-01-36.0E

In force the longest

  1. NAVAREA XI 132/19 · Wrecks · South China Sea2019-03-07 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0E
  2. NAVAREA XI 664/19 · Wrecks · South China Sea2019-11-21 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8E
  3. NAVAREA XI 153/20 · Wrecks · South China Sea2020-04-06 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Yellow observation buoy reported to exists in 19-20.6N 113-45.9E at 04 apr

Most recently issued

  1. NAVAREA XI 426/26 · Cable ops · South China Sea2026-09-24 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitude
  2. NAVAREA XI 425/26 · Missiles2026-09-23 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Space debris
  3. NAVAREA XI 424/26 · Derelicts · South China Sea2026-09-22 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Abandoned vessel, M/V msc hermes 3, 213 metre long, adrift in vicinity of 11-45N 112-15E on 220820Z sep
  4. NAVAREA XI 423/26 · Cable ops · Singapore Strait2026-09-22 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further notice
  5. NAVAREA XI 422/26 · Missiles · Sulu Sea2026-09-20 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Space debris
  6. NAVAREA XI 421/26 · Missiles2026-09-20 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Object potentially ballistic missile launched from north korea possibly landed
  7. NAVAREA XI 420/26 · Missiles2026-09-20 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Object potentially ballistic missile launched from north korea
  8. NAVAREA XI 418/26 · Missiles2026-09-20 · JAPAN COAST GUARD
    Object potentially ballistic missile launched from north korea

Neighbouring areas

All 21 NAVAREAs → · What a NAVAREA is →

Counts are warnings attributed to NAVAREA XI by their series or by the source an NGA relay names, recounted 2026-09-24; the area's full traffic is larger. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA broadcasts.

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