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 3979/13 · Incidents2013-12-23 → 2013-12-24Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-39.0S 141-25.5E at 232310Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3239/13 · Derelicts2013-10-20 → 2013-10-22Derelict 11 meter vessel moontan partially submerged and adrift vicinity 11-10.5S 131-49.0E at 192200Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3226/13 · Derelicts2013-10-19 → 2013-10-20Derelict 11 meter vessel moontan partially submerged and adrift vicinity 11-16S 131-46E at 190630Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3035/13 · Other2013-10-03 → 2013-10-04Possible abandoned 14 meter S/V viking, white hull, in 10-04.44S 134-38.31E at 030231Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2868/13 · Incidents2013-09-20 → 2013-09-20Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel pelagic, two persons on board, between 11-44.10S 135-56.94E…
- HYDROPAC 2822/13 · Incidents2013-09-17 → 2013-09-17Distress signal received from F/V proteus in 15-31.83S 137-28.51E at 162145Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2687/13 · Incidents2013-09-06 → 2013-09-14F/V fu man no 168 sank in 07-18.391S 133-37.395E at 051830Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2572/13 · Other2013-08-28 → 2013-08-28Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 2102/13 · Other2013-07-16 → 2013-07-17Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 2090/13 · Other2013-07-15 → 2013-07-16Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 2080/13 · Other2013-07-15 → 2013-07-15Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 2075/13 · Other2013-07-14 → 2013-07-15Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 2068/13 · Incidents2013-07-14 → 2013-07-14Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 11-23.7S 132-47.4E at 140350Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2060/13 · Other2013-07-13 → 2013-07-14Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 1983/13 · Incidents2013-07-08 → 2013-08-10S/V poisson d'avril, one person on board, overdue french polynesia to darwin (12-27.00S 130-50.00E) via…
- HYDROPAC 1706/13 · Nav aids2013-06-13 → 2013-06-15Gulf of Carpentaria
- HYDROPAC 1537/13 · Cable ops2013-05-29 → 2013-09-16Seismic survey in progress until 15 sep by M/V western monarch towing 12 four mile long cables in area bound…
- HYDROPAC 1257/13 · Nav aids2013-05-03 → 2013-05-05Australia-north Coast
- HYDROPAC 825/13 · Nav aids2013-03-25 → 2013-04-02Australia-northeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 735/13 · Surveys2013-03-15 → 2013-03-24B. 10-35.73S 141-52.81E
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.