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 326/02 · Cable ops2002-02-21 → 2002-02-22
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geco beta towing eight three mile long cables in area…
  2. HYDROPAC 323/02 · Nav aids2002-02-20 → 2002-02-21
    Low head light 41-03.4S 146-47.3E unlit
  3. HYDROPAC 169/02 · Nav aids2002-01-28 → 2002-02-14
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-19S 148-26E inoperative
  4. HYDROPAC 151/02 · Incidents2002-01-25 → 2002-01-25
    Aircraft ditched in 38-41S 145-43E at 252035Z jan
  5. HYDROPAC 148/02 · Nav aids2002-01-25 → 2002-01-25
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E temporarily discontinued
  6. HYDROPAC 41/02 · Incidents2002-01-07 → 2002-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zeus II vicinity 38-03S 149-01E at 071242Z jan
  7. HYDROPAC 13/02 · Other2002-01-03 → 2002-03-15
    Pipelaying operations in progress until 26 mar by M/V lorelay along trackline joining 41-01.8S 146-53.5E,…
  8. HYDROPAC 2092/01 · Cable ops2001-12-25 → 2001-12-26
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geco beta towing eight three mile long cables in area…
  9. HYDROPAC 2011/01 · Cable ops2001-12-10 → 2001-12-14
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geco beta towing eight three mile long cables in area…
  10. HYDROPAC 1943/01 · Cable ops2001-11-28 → 2001-11-29
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V southern surveyor vicinity of trackline between…
  11. HYDROPAC 1939/01 · Cable ops2001-11-28 → 2001-11-28
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V southern surveyor vicinity of trackline between…
  12. HYDROPAC 1932/01 · Cable ops2001-11-27 → 2001-11-28
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V southern surveyor vicinity of trackline between…
  13. HYDROPAC 1900/01 · Cable ops2001-11-23 → 2001-11-27
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V southern surveyor vicinity of trackline between…
  14. HYDROPAC 1611/01 · Surveys2001-10-07 → 2001-10-22
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V southern surveyor in 39-51S 145-49E
  15. HYDROPAC 1387/01 · Nav aids2001-08-25 → 2001-08-27
    Citadel island light 39-07S 146-14E unlit
  16. HYDROPAC 1271/01 · Derelicts2001-08-08 → 2001-08-15
    241 meter M/V maersk tacoma disabled and adrift vicinity 39-20S 146-39E at 080140Z aug
  17. HYDROPAC 1209/01 · Nav aids2001-07-29 → 2001-08-16
    Lighthouse point light 38-50.6S 146-28.3E unlit
  18. HYDROPAC 914/01 · Surveys2001-06-16 → 2001-06-20
    Underwater operations in progress until 201400Z jun by M/V aurora australis vicinity 38-33S 148-33E
  19. HYDROPAC 773/01 · Incidents2001-05-20 → 2001-05-22
    Man overboard from F/V albatross vicinity 38-56S 146-34E at 201518Z may
  20. HYDROPAC 739/01 · Nav aids2001-05-15 → 2001-05-16
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-19S 148-26E off air

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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