Bass Strait

IHO sea area 62A · 144° to 150° E, -41° to -37° N

in force
2
last 12 months
11
archive messages
494
categories
10

What the archive shows

494 messages are recorded since 1998-12-15 for the Bass Strait. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Nav aids accounts for 240 of 494 recorded messages (49%), 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.

In force now · 2

  1. AUSCOAST 297/26 · Other2026-09-18
    Eight virtual AIS navigation marks are inoperative in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E.
  2. AUSCOAST 280/26 · Surveys2026-08-20
    Drill rig Valaris 107 is at position 38 degrees 17.79 minutes south, 147 degrees 40.57 minutes east, requesting 2.5 nautical miles clearance.

Longest in force

  1. AUSCOAST 280/26 · Surveys2026-08-20
    Drill rig Valaris 107 is at position 38 degrees 17.79 minutes south, 147 degrees 40.57 minutes east, requesting 2.5 nautical miles clearance.
  2. AUSCOAST 297/26 · Other2026-09-18
    Eight virtual AIS navigation marks are inoperative in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E.

By year

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By month (all years)

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By category · available archive

Nav aids24049%
Surveys9820%
Incidents5611%
Cable ops4910%
Other255%
Derelicts173%
Debris31%
Wrecks31%
Containers20%
Structures10%

Archive · 492 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 343/14 · Incidents2014-02-03 → 2014-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter S/V l'attitude in 39-38.52S 145-22.50E at 030714Z feb
  2. HYDROPAC 189/14 · Incidents2014-01-18 → 2014-01-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from four meter M/V, two persons on board
  3. HYDROPAC 3348/13 · Incidents2013-10-28 → 2013-10-28
    Aircraft, two persons on board, ditching in 40-32.98S 147-37.80E at 280400Z oct
  4. HYDROPAC 3201/13 · Nav aids2013-10-17 → 2013-10-18
    Australia-southeast Coast
  5. HYDROPAC 2973/13 · Nav aids2013-09-28 → 2013-10-01
    King Island
  6. HYDROPAC 2547/13 · Nav aids2013-08-26 → 2013-08-26
    Australia-southeast Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 2412/13 · Nav aids2013-08-13 → 2013-08-13
    Australia-southeast Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 2197/13 · Nav aids2013-07-24 → 2013-07-25
    Australia-southeast Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 1973/13 · Nav aids2013-07-06 → 2013-07-07
    King Island
  10. HYDROPAC 1678/13 · Nav aids2013-06-11 → 2013-06-11
    Australia-southeast Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 1625/13 · Nav aids2013-06-06 → 2013-06-06
    Australia-southeast Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 899/13 · Nav aids2013-04-01 → 2017-01-28
    Bass Strait
  13. HYDROPAC 805/13 · Incidents2013-03-23 → 2013-03-26
    Derelict nine meter S/V flagmaster, dismasted, capsized and adrift in 41-06.3S 146-24.6E at 230530Z mar
  14. HYDROPAC 488/13 · Nav aids2013-02-18 → 2013-02-19
    Australia-southeast Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 473/13 · Nav aids2013-02-16 → 2013-02-17
    Australia-southeast Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 470/13 · Nav aids2013-02-16 → 2013-02-16
    Australia-southeast Coast
  17. HYDROPAC 457/13 · Nav aids2013-02-15 → 2013-02-15
    Australia-southeast Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 455/13 · Nav aids2013-02-14 → 2013-02-14
    Australia-southeast Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 437/13 · Nav aids2013-02-13 → 2013-02-14
    Australia-southeast Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 426/13 · Nav aids2013-02-13 → 2013-02-13
    Australia-southeast Coast

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.

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