Alboran Sea
IHO sea area 28b · -5° to -1° E, 35° to 37° N
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What the archive shows
126 messages are recorded since 1999-03-05 for the Alboran Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Exercises accounts for 44 of 126 recorded messages (35%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
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By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| Exercises | 44 | 35% |
| Surveys | 24 | 19% |
| Nav aids | 20 | 16% |
| Restricted | 12 | 10% |
| Incidents | 8 | 6% |
| Quakes | 5 | 4% |
| Cable ops | 5 | 4% |
| Derelicts | 4 | 3% |
| Containers | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 1% |
| Debris | 1 | 1% |
Ports on this sea · 8
Busiest first by annual vessel calls (IMF PortWatch); each port page shows the warnings within 60 nm, its World Port Index profile and monthly port calls.
- Gibraltar · Gibraltar250 archived
- Malaga · Spain26 archived
- Almeria · Spain23 archived
- Motril · Spain26 archived
- Port Nador · Morocco45 archived
- Ghazaouet · Algeria64 archived
- Melilla · Spain45 archived
- Al Hoceima · Morocco45 archived
Archive · 126 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 72/24 · Incidents2024-01-10 → 2024-01-26Seven meter F/V ouled chemal, blue hull, four persons on board, unreported
- HYDROLANT 2883/23 · Incidents2023-12-14 → 2023-12-29F/V assil II, blue hull, three persons on board, unreported nador port (35-17.07N 002-55.48W) at 110800Z dec
- HYDROLANT 2537/23 · Surveys2023-11-06 → 2023-11-18Survey operations 06 nov thru 17 by M/V ramon margalef in area bounded by: 36-00.00N 006-00.00W, 36-00.00N…
- HYDROLANT 2337/23 · Incidents2023-10-15 → 2023-11-03Vessel, ten persons on board, unreported al hoceima (35-15.72N 003-55.48W) to almeria (36-48.93N 002-25.00W)…
- HYDROLANT 2943/22 · Exercises2022-11-16 → 2022-11-17Hazardous operations 170800Z to 241200Z nov in area bound by 20-00.00N 020-00.00W, 53-00.00N 020-00.00W,…
- HYDROLANT 2115/22 · Incidents2022-08-26 → 2022-09-16Four meter vessel aabir, blue hull, three persons on board, unreported cala iris, morocco (35-09.06N…
- USGS-US6000HMLD · Quakes2022-05-20 → 2022-05-23Earthquake magnitude 5.5 (mww) in 35.518N 003.479W, depth 10 km at 201235Z may 22
- HYDROLANT 1134/22 · Exercises2022-04-25 → 2022-04-28Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1500Z daily 25 thru 28 apr in area bound by 36-01-18N 001-17-48W, 35-34-30N…
- HYDROLANT 161/22 · Exercises2022-01-18 → 2022-01-21Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1700Z daily 18 thru 21 jan in area bound by 36-01.18N 001-17.48W, 35-34.30N…
- HYDROLANT 3006/21 · Nav aids2021-12-08 → 2022-03-31Ile rachgoun light 35-19.4N 001-28.5W changed to f r
- HYDROLANT 2953/21 · Exercises2021-11-30 → 2021-12-02Hazardous operations in progress until 012359Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…
- HYDROLANT 2950/21 · Exercises2021-11-30 → 2021-11-30Hazardous operations 302000Z nov to 011800Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…
- HYDROLANT 2539/21 · Derelicts2021-10-15 → 2021-10-18Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 35-46.4N 002-10.1W at 141457Z oct
- HYDROLANT 2444/21 · Exercises2021-10-01 → 2021-10-29Hazardous operations 1000Z to 1600Z daily 01 thru 19 and 21 thru 29 oct except saturdays and sundays in area…
- HYDROLANT 2411/21 · Exercises2021-09-27 → 2021-10-01Hazardous operations 282000Z sep to 012000Z oct in area bound by 35-51N 002-03W, 35-51N 001-35W, 35-14N…
- HYDROLANT 1913/21 · Derelicts2021-07-21 → 2021-07-24Derelict 14 meter M/V, gray hull, adrift in vicinity 36-06.52N 004-32.90W at 211820Z jul
- HYDROLANT 1823/21 · Derelicts2021-07-11 → 2021-07-14Derelict helicopter, blue with yellow floats, adrift in vicinity 36-02.38N 004-40.30W at 110001Z jul
- HYDROLANT 2991/20 · Incidents2020-10-02 → 2020-10-16Seven meter M/V sorangela, three persons on board, unreported fuengirola (36-33N 004-37W) to tunisia
- HYDROLANT 2907/20 · Nav aids2020-09-24 → 2021-04-19Ile rachgoun light 35-19.4N 001-28.5W unlit
- HYDROLANT 3936/19 · Surveys2019-12-23 → 2019-12-28Underwater operations by M/V rebecca in vicinity of trackline joining: a. in progress until 27 dec 36-17.61N…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.