Arafura Sea
IHO sea area 48h · 131° to 142° E, -18° to -3° N
- in force
- 1
- last 12 months
- 6
- archive messages
- 607
- categories
- 10
What the archive shows
607 messages are recorded since 1998-12-29 for the Arafura 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.
Incidents accounts for 193 of 607 recorded messages (32%), 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.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2026-08-03 01:13ZA ten-meter derelict vessel is adrift at 11-55.02S 141-54.27E in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, as of 020629Z Aug.
In force now · 1
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By category · available archive
| Incidents | 193 | 32% |
| Nav aids | 129 | 21% |
| Derelicts | 119 | 20% |
| Debris | 63 | 10% |
| Other | 49 | 8% |
| Quakes | 29 | 5% |
| Cable ops | 10 | 2% |
| Wrecks | 8 | 1% |
| Containers | 6 | 1% |
| Surveys | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 606 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 4114/17 · Incidents2017-11-25 → 2017-11-26Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V bar crusher 640 wr, one person on board, in vicinity 11-43.47S…
- HYDROPAC 4027/17 · Incidents2017-11-19 → 2017-11-19Tug tece, black and white hull, seven persons on board, unreported gorong island (04-04.1S 131-26.0E) to…
- HYDROPAC 3940/17 · Derelicts2017-11-14 → 2017-11-17Derelict 12 meter S/V bora adrift in 10-13.30S 141-07.86E at 140741Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3922/17 · Debris2017-11-13 → 2017-11-16Fishing net adrift in 10-20.3S 132-44.8E at 130046Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3907/17 · Derelicts2017-11-11 → 2017-11-14Derelict 11 meter S/V dismasted and adrift in 10-33.2S 141-31.1E at 112100Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3905/17 · Incidents2017-11-11 → 2017-11-11Australia-north coast DNC 05
- HYDROPAC 3883/17 · Derelicts2017-11-10 → 2017-11-13Derelict S/V tropicat partially submerged and adrift in 09-25.43S 136-11.26E at 100821Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3863/17 · Derelicts2017-11-09 → 2017-11-12Derelict S/V tropicat partially submerged and adrift in 09-17.9S 136-36.6E
- HYDROPAC 3682/17 · Debris2017-10-28 → 2017-10-31Fishing net adrift in 10-30.2S 131-34.0E at 280014Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3663/17 · Debris2017-10-27 → 2017-10-30Fishing net adrift in 10-28.20S 131-34.13E at 270001Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3650/17 · Debris2017-10-26 → 2017-10-27Fishing net adrift in 10-23.93S 131-42.73E at 260015Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3591/17 · Nav aids2017-10-21 → 2017-10-21Weipa dgps station 12-39.2S 141-51.6E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 3246/17 · Containers2017-09-21 → 2017-09-24Container adrift in 10-51.32S 131-46.18E at 202351Z sep
- HYDROPAC 3233/17 · Containers2017-09-20 → 2017-09-23Container adrift in vicinity of trackline between 10-47.81S 132-30.75E and 10-47.57S 132-55.34E at 191000Z sep
- HYDROPAC 3008/17 · Incidents2017-09-04 → 2017-09-049.3 meter vessel pelorus II, one person on board, unreported darwin (12-27S 130-50E) to gove (12-17S 136-49E)
- HYDROPAC 2889/17 · Incidents2017-08-25 → 2017-08-26Vessel partially submerged in 17-00.20S 140-19.18E at 252044Z aug, one person missing
- HYDROPAC 2551/17 · Incidents2017-07-26 → 2017-08-11Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V lara II, yellow hull, in vicinity 06-51.33S 134-24.60E…
- HYDROPAC 2523/17 · Incidents2017-07-24 → 2017-07-2413.8 meter S/V balikcil, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken rudder in 07-20S 133-50E at…
- HYDROPAC 2513/17 · Incidents2017-07-22 → 2017-07-2413.8 meter S/V balikcil, two person on board, disabled and adrift due to broken rudder in 07-58.67S…
- HYDROPAC 2511/17 · Derelicts2017-07-22 → 2017-07-22S/V disabled and adrift due to broken rudder in 08-13.97S 135-31.87E
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.