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 1835/22 · Incidents2022-07-06 → 2022-07-22M/V usaha baru, 18 persons on board, sinking in vicinity 05-00.00S 136-00.00E on 05 jul
- HYDROPAC 1834/22 · Nav aids2022-07-06 → 2023-04-01Cape wessel light 11-00.28S 136-45.57E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1806/22 · Incidents2022-07-02 → 2022-07-22F/V km setia makmur 06, 25 persons on board, sank in 08-28.00S 136-35.00E
- HYDROPAC 1755/22 · Incidents2022-06-26 → 2022-06-26Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13 meter S/V soggy paws in vicinity 09-00.60S 131-54.40E at 260408Z
- HYDROPAC 1627/22 · Nav aids2022-06-13 → 2022-06-20Duyfken point light 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1580/22 · Incidents2022-06-07 → 2022-06-1119 meter vessel masbuar, two persons on board, unreported sermata island (08-10.00S 128-40.00E) to moa…
- HYDROPAC 1387/22 · Incidents2022-05-20 → 2022-05-20F/V heri jaya, 12 persons on board, unreported
- HYDROPAC 1348/22 · Debris2022-05-16 → 2022-05-19Ten meter fishing net adrift in vicinity 09-22.70S 131-42.50E at 160530Z may
- HYDROPAC 1347/22 · Debris2022-05-16 → 2022-05-1912 meter log adrift in vicinity 09-15.50S 132-00.50E at 160546Z may
- HYDROPAC 1107/22 · Nav aids2022-04-23 → 2022-04-29Australia-north coast DNC 05
- HYDROPAC 975/22 · Incidents2022-04-09 → 2022-04-12Derelict 25 meter vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 11-14.15S 139-29.23E at 090900Z apr
- HYDROPAC 780/22 · Derelicts2022-03-25 → 2022-03-28Derelict eight meter raft adrift in 10-11.8S 141-36.7E at 250348Z mar
- HYDROPAC 721/22 · Other2022-03-19 → 2022-03-22Two 40 meter long fish havens with rope adrift in 09-52.5S 136-04.6E at 190724Z mar
- HYDROPAC 666/22 · Other2022-03-12 → 2022-03-12Booby island tide gauge 10-36.2S 141-54.6E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 637/22 · Incidents2022-03-09 → 2022-03-09Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-03.07S 142-07.73E at 090546Z mar
- HYDROPAC 634/22 · Other2022-03-09 → 2022-03-1215 meter long rope adrift in vicinity 09-43.3S 134-22.5E at 090402Z mar
- HYDROPAC 492/22 · Incidents2022-02-25 → 2022-02-28Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 09-32.5S 140-16.8E at 250545Z feb
- HYDROPAC 3766/21 · Incidents2021-12-30 → 2021-12-30Vessel 85 pk, seven persons on board, unreported
- HYDROPAC 3690/21 · Nav aids2021-12-21 → 2021-12-30Cape don light 11-18-29S 131-45-54E unlit
- HYDROPAC 3634/21 · Incidents2021-12-14 → 2022-03-25Vessel km kalimas 4, blue hull, six persons on board, unreported
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.