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
- USGS-USC000TEWZ · Quakes2015-01-12 → 2015-01-15129 km e of tual, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 3568/14 · Incidents2014-11-29 → 2014-11-30Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 17-10S 139-10E at 291437Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3559/14 · Other2014-11-28 → 2014-11-29Weipa dpgs station 12-39.2S 141-51.6E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 3519/14 · Containers2014-11-25 → 2014-11-28Container adrift vicinity 08-42S 130-53E at 250240Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3205/14 · Debris2014-10-29 → 2014-11-01Fishing net with floats adrift in 09-16.9S 131-40.9E at 290229Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3036/14 · Debris2014-10-11 → 2014-10-14Ten meter long net adrift in 10-52.46S 133-21.08E at 110143Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2573/14 · Incidents2014-09-02 → 2014-09-03Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 16-49.4S 139-01.4E at 022016Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2534/14 · Containers2014-08-29 → 2014-09-01Container adrift vicinity 10-06.4S 137-41.8E at 290350Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2477/14 · Containers2014-08-24 → 2014-08-27Container adrift vicinity 10-59S 138-36E at 240151Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2337/14 · Incidents2014-08-11 → 2014-08-11Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 15-27.0S 137-50.1E at 102353Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2280/14 · Incidents2014-08-05 → 2014-08-05Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-17.0S 133-54.7E at 050016Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2097/14 · Other2014-07-17 → 2014-07-17Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 1720/14 · Derelicts2014-06-15 → 2014-06-18Derelict 56 foot S/V camelot, red hull, adrift in 11-43.25S 137-34.28E at 141400Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1595/14 · Other2014-06-04 → 2014-06-0414 meter S/V su ying, blue and white hull, unreported darwin (12-27S 130-50E) to gove (12-17S 136-49E)
- HYDROPAC 1309/14 · Other2014-05-06 → 2014-05-06Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 982/14 · Nav aids2014-04-07 → 2014-04-08Gulf of Carpentaria
- HYDROPAC 572/14 · Debris2014-02-26 → 2014-03-01Fishing net adrift in 12-36.25S 141-22.10E at 262200Z feb
- HYDROPAC 490/14 · Incidents2014-02-19 → 2014-02-19F/V lautan sakti unreported, last known position 09-22S 141-06E on 19 feb
- HYDROPAC 35/14 · Nav aids2014-01-03 → 2014-01-06Arafura Sea
- HYDROPAC 4022/13 · Incidents2013-12-27 → 2013-12-27Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-07.6S 136-26.1E at 270932Z dec
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.