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 623/09 · Nav aids2009-03-26 → 2009-03-28Nga chart 74289 (5TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 622/09 · Incidents2009-03-26 → 2009-03-275 meter vessel, aluminum hull, ten persons on board, overdue mooronga (11-55.3S 135-03.6E) to milingimbi…
- HYDROPAC 588/09 · Nav aids2009-03-20 → 2009-03-21Nga chart 74289 (5TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 257/09 · Incidents2009-01-31 → 2009-02-01Person missing from vessel vicinity 10-42.8S 141-29.5E at 311130Z jan
- HYDROPAC 2576/08 · Incidents2008-12-29 → 2008-12-2914 foot vessel, three persons on board, overdue mornington island (16-39S 139-09E) to forsyth island (16-50S…
- HYDROPAC 2169/08 · Incidents2008-11-02 → 2008-11-08Man overboard from vessel sea riches vicinity of trackline between 10-48S 136-46E and 10-11S 134-28E
- HYDROPAC 2025/08 · Incidents2008-10-16 → 2008-10-20Aircraft unreported, one person on board, elcho island (12-01S 135-34E) to mata mata (12-04S 136-16E)
- HYDROPAC 1939/08 · Incidents2008-10-03 → 2008-10-04Four meter M/V, white hull, four persons on board, overdue elcho island (11-47S 135-57E) and return
- HYDROPAC 1925/08 · Incidents2008-10-02 → 2008-10-025 meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue mornington island (16-30S 139-30E) to bentinck island…
- HYDROPAC 1793/08 · Nav aids2008-09-14 → 2008-09-15Nga chart 74289 (5TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 838/08 · Incidents2008-05-02 → 2008-05-10Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-47S 141-47E
- HYDROPAC 511/08 · Incidents2008-03-19 → 2008-03-20S/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue seisa (10-51S 142-22E) to old mapoon (11-58S 141-54E)
- HYDROPAC 458/08 · Incidents2008-03-10 → 2008-04-05Four meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue weipa (12-38S 142-08E) to aurukun (13-22S 141-44E)
- HYDROPAC 409/08 · Incidents2008-03-02 → 2008-03-09Derelict 12 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 10-05-52S 135-17-45E at 010713Z mar
- HYDROPAC 42/08 · Incidents2008-01-09 → 2008-01-09Distress signal received from S/V vicinity 11-13.42S 136-40.84E at 090442Z jan
- HYDROPAC 2247/07 · Other2007-12-23 → 2008-03-15Nga chart 74008 (6TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 2055/07 · Debris2007-11-23 → 2007-11-30Ten meter long object adrift vicinity 09-06.4S 133-22.3E at 230108Z nov
- HYDROPAC 1962/07 · Debris2007-11-08 → 2007-11-15Fishing nets with buoy adrift in 10-50.1S 133-49.7E at 080447Z nov
- HYDROPAC 1804/07 · Incidents2007-10-18 → 2007-10-1950 foot S/V zeppler 2, dark blue hull, four persons on board, unreported indonesian archipelago to thursday…
- HYDROPAC 1614/07 · Nav aids2007-09-21 → 2007-09-21Nga chart 74289 (5TH ed)
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.