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 · 605 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 3832/20 · Debris2020-12-25 → 2020-12-28Fishing net adrift in vicinity 10-15S 131-48E at 250001Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3831/20 · Debris2020-12-25 → 2020-12-2830 meter log adrift in vicinity 09-40S 131-54E at 250220Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3830/20 · Debris2020-12-25 → 2020-12-2830 meter log adrift in vicinity 09-41S 131-50E at 250030Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3365/20 · Debris2020-11-16 → 2020-11-19Fishing net adrift in vicinity 09-50.8S 131-34.0E at 160007Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3354/20 · Debris2020-11-14 → 2020-11-17100 meter long fishing net adrift in 09-54.8S 131-42.9E at 140041Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3338/20 · Debris2020-11-13 → 2020-11-14100 meter long fishing net adrift in 09-48.4S 131-53.9E at 130057Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3281/20 · Debris2020-11-06 → 2020-11-09150 meter fishing nets adrift in 09-34.8S 132-46.7E at 060922Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3250/20 · Debris2020-11-04 → 2020-11-07Fishing net adrift in vicinity 09-23.7S 132-58.6E at 040701Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3178/20 · Debris2020-10-29 → 2020-11-01Fishing net with floats adrift in 09-28.0S 132-27.9E at 290519Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3126/20 · Debris2020-10-26 → 2020-10-29Fishing net with floats adrift in 09-26.9S 131-27.7E at 260037Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3071/20 · Debris2020-10-21 → 2020-10-2430 meter long fishing net adrift in 10-07.5S 135-23.2E at 210838Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3059/20 · Debris2020-10-20 → 2020-10-23Six meter log adrift in 09-26.7S 131-45.45E at 200057Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2240/20 · Incidents2020-07-29 → 2020-08-14Six meter vessel, white and yellow hull, seven persons on board, unreported merauke (08-30S 140-19E) to…
- HYDROPAC 2165/20 · Incidents2020-07-22 → 2020-07-22Vessel sank in 010-58-18S 137-05-39E at 210700Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2074/20 · Incidents2020-07-13 → 2020-07-14Four meter vessel, white hull, unreported
- HYDROPAC 1970/20 · Incidents2020-07-03 → 2020-07-05Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-40.6S 135-23.6E at 022358Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1882/20 · Incidents2020-06-25 → 2020-06-25Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V ruach in 07-19.09S 131-45.7E at 250945Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1635/20 · Nav aids2020-05-31 → 2020-06-04Cape wessel light 11-00-17S 136-45-34E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1535/20 · Incidents2020-05-23 → 2020-06-05Vessel km selgbadan sank in 06-30-21S 135-06-27E
- HYDROPAC 1436/20 · Other2020-05-14 → 2020-05-14Varzin passage C2 buoy 10-32.17S 141-51.95E unreliable
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.