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
Longest in force
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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 · 605 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 2873/11 · Incidents2011-10-13 → 2011-10-13Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 12-01.15S 136-56.50E at 130511Z oct
- USGS-USP000J92X · Quakes2011-10-08 → 2011-10-11185 km ne of tual, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 2784/11 · Incidents2011-10-05 → 2011-10-08Man overboard from M/V shark island in 17-19.46S 140-37.87E at 031400Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2718/11 · Incidents2011-09-27 → 2011-09-28Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V liao da gan yu 15332 in 08-31.3S 137-04.9E at 272117Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2576/11 · Incidents2011-09-13 → 2011-09-13Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 07-50.04S 136-43.32E at 131633Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2562/11 · Nav aids2011-09-11 → 2011-09-12Nga chart 74289 (5TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 2497/11 · Debris2011-09-04 → 2011-09-07Large fishing net adrift in 10-56.8S 132-34.2E at 040824Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2299/11 · Derelicts2011-08-16 → 2011-08-19Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 10-22.43S 133-34.35E at 160815Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2253/11 · Derelicts2011-08-11 → 2011-08-14Derelict F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 09-49.40S 133-38.75E at 110703Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2236/11 · Derelicts2011-08-10 → 2011-08-13Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 09-53.2S 133-33.6E at 100740Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2221/11 · Derelicts2011-08-08 → 2011-08-11Derelict F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 09-41.9S 133-28.3E at 080634Z
- HYDROPAC 2200/11 · Incidents2011-08-05 → 2011-08-10Seven meter vessel, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue rein bay (05-32.9S 149-11.4E) to bali island…
- HYDROPAC 2014/11 · Derelicts2011-07-13 → 2011-07-16Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 09-40.4S 135-19.9E at 130652Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2003/11 · Derelicts2011-07-12 → 2011-07-13Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 09-45.4S 135-26.6E at 120931Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1983/11 · Incidents2011-07-09 → 2011-07-10Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11.5 meter S/V goodtimes in 10-35.46S 133-28.30E at 092207Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1963/11 · Derelicts2011-07-07 → 2011-07-10Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 09-55.2S 135-52.8E at 070449Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1951/11 · Derelicts2011-07-06 → 2011-07-07Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 09-51-30S 135-37-37E at 060648Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1946/11 · Derelicts2011-07-06 → 2011-07-06Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 09-51.5S 135-49.8E at 060648Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1937/11 · Derelicts2011-07-05 → 2011-07-06Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 09-42.8S 135-43.4E at 050611Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1885/11 · Derelicts2011-06-29 → 2011-07-02Derelict F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 09-27.0S 136-38.1E at 290654Z jun
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.