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 3573/21 · Debris2021-12-10 → 2021-12-13Four mooring buoys adrift in vicinity 11-28S 139-18E at 100952Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3449/21 · Incidents2021-12-01 → 2021-12-01Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-05.9S 135-27.5E at 010538Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3366/21 · Debris2021-11-23 → 2021-11-2650 meter long fishing net adrift in 09-27.6S 131-49.0E at 230022Z nov
- USGS-US7000FT0F · Quakes2021-11-10 → 2021-11-13181 km sw of nabire, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 3217/21 · Other2021-11-09 → 2021-11-1215 meter tree adrift in vicinity 10-32.6S 141-21.4E at 090540Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3201/21 · Nav aids2021-11-08 → 2021-11-11Duyfken point light 12-34-10S 141-35-56E unlit
- HYDROPAC 3038/21 · Derelicts2021-10-24 → 2021-10-27Derelict ten meter F/V partially submerged and adrift in 08-53.5S 131-29.6E at 240056Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3005/21 · Nav aids2021-10-21 → 2021-12-09Truant island light 11-40.2S 136-50.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 2594/21 · Other2021-09-13 → 2022-03-25Fishing net abandoned in vicinity 13-51S 136-58E
- HYDROPAC 2571/21 · Incidents2021-09-11 → 2021-09-11F/V jerfai, 100 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 06-04.49S 133-55.75E
- HYDROPAC 2506/21 · Derelicts2021-09-04 → 2021-09-07Derelict barge adrift in vicinity 11-45S 141-51E at 030800Z
- HYDROPAC 2394/21 · Incidents2021-08-21 → 2021-08-21Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 11-54.6S 136-35.8E at 211532Z aug 21
- HYDROPAC 2316/21 · Incidents2021-08-12 → 2021-08-27Man overboard from vessel km kim meng in 08-28.91S 136-32.80E at 101030Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2280/21 · Incidents2021-08-09 → 2021-08-09Vessel, blue hull, 13 persons on board, unreported primapun (06-17-36S 138-25-44E) to agats (05-32-08S…
- USGS-US6000F1EA · Quakes2021-08-02 → 2021-08-05182 km ne of tual, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 2204/21 · Nav aids2021-08-01 → 2021-08-03Varzin passage C1 buoy 10-32.40S 141-52.17E unlit
- HYDROPAC 2088/21 · Incidents2021-07-20 → 2021-07-2015 meter vessel tortuga, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 11-59.00S 141-08.67E
- HYDROPAC 1630/21 · Nav aids2021-06-01 → 2021-09-16Cape wessel light 11-00-17S 136-45-34E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1262/21 · Nav aids2021-04-26 → 2021-04-28Duyfken point light 12-34.2S 141-35.9E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1096/21 · Incidents2021-04-10 → 2021-04-11Man overboard from F/V bintang mas patriot in 05-20S 135-53E at 100723Z apr
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.