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.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2026-08-20 13:27ZDrill rig Valaris 107 is at position 38 degrees 17.79 minutes south, 147 degrees 40.57 minutes east, requesting 2.5 nautical miles clearance.
In force now · 2
- AUSCOAST 297/26 · Other2026-09-18Eight virtual AIS navigation marks are inoperative in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E.
- AUSCOAST 280/26 · Surveys2026-08-20Drill 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
- AUSCOAST 280/26 · Surveys2026-08-20Drill rig Valaris 107 is at position 38 degrees 17.79 minutes south, 147 degrees 40.57 minutes east, requesting 2.5 nautical miles clearance.
- AUSCOAST 297/26 · Other2026-09-18Eight virtual AIS navigation marks are inoperative in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E.
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By category · available archive
| Nav aids | 240 | 49% |
| Surveys | 98 | 20% |
| Incidents | 56 | 11% |
| Cable ops | 49 | 10% |
| Other | 25 | 5% |
| Derelicts | 17 | 3% |
| Debris | 3 | 1% |
| Wrecks | 3 | 1% |
| Containers | 2 | 0% |
| Structures | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 492 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 261/13 · Incidents2013-01-26 → 2013-01-26Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter M/V moongalba vicinity 39-02.47S 147-35.75E at 260710Z jan
- HYDROPAC 3542/12 · Debris2012-12-12 → 2012-12-12Buoy adrift in 38-38.07S 145-21.87E at 121730Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3431/12 · Derelicts2012-12-04 → 2012-12-06Derelict 14 meter S/V blue lagoon adrift in 38-35.45S 148-20.12E at 032248Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3429/12 · Incidents2012-12-03 → 2012-12-04Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 38-36.20S 148-25.33E at 032103Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3185/12 · Nav aids2012-11-10 → 2012-11-12Bass Strait
- HYDROPAC 3115/12 · Incidents2012-11-03 → 2012-11-03Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 6.5 meter F/V warlord, two persons on board, vicinity western port…
- HYDROPAC 3033/12 · Nav aids2012-10-27 → 2012-10-27Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 2010/12 · Incidents2012-07-16 → 2012-07-183.8 meter vessel, white and blue hull, one person on board, unreported from vicinity burnie (41-04S 145-53E)
- HYDROPAC 1556/12 · Nav aids2012-06-04 → 2012-06-07Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 751/12 · Nav aids2012-03-15 → 2012-03-15Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 419/12 · Nav aids2012-02-15 → 2012-02-15Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 390/12 · Nav aids2012-02-12 → 2012-02-12Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 375/12 · Nav aids2012-02-11 → 2012-02-11Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 352/12 · Nav aids2012-02-08 → 2012-02-09Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 340/12 · Nav aids2012-02-08 → 2012-02-08Australia-southeast Coast
- HYDROPAC 54/12 · Nav aids2012-01-08 → 2012-01-09Bass Strait
- HYDROPAC 3164/11 · Derelicts2011-11-09 → 2011-11-12Derelict 17 meter F/V adrift vicinity 38-56S 145-57E
- HYDROPAC 3158/11 · Incidents2011-11-09 → 2011-11-09F/V sinking and crew abandoning ship in 38-55.86S 145-57.72E at 090900Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3130/11 · Derelicts2011-11-06 → 2011-11-09Derelict eight meter S/V constellation adrift in 39-06S 146-41E at 061244Z
- HYDROPAC 3127/11 · Incidents2011-11-06 → 2011-11-06Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 26 foot S/V constellation, red hull, one person on board, in 39-10S…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.