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.

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By category · available archive

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

Archive · 491 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 518/01 · Nav aids2001-04-07 → 2001-04-27
    Goose island light 40-18.8S 147-47.9E unlit
  2. HYDROPAC 497/01 · Nav aids2001-04-02 → 2001-04-03
    Cape schanck light 38-29.7S 144-53.1E unlit
  3. HYDROPAC 457/01 · Nav aids2001-03-25 → 2001-03-27
    Cape woolamai light 38-33.9S 145-21.4E unlit
  4. HYDROPAC 310/01 · Other2001-02-24 → 2001-02-24
    Red flare sighted vicinity 39-11S 146-15E at 241155Z feb
  5. HYDROPAC 166/01 · Nav aids2001-02-01 → 2001-02-09
    Dgps station at cape schanck light 38-30S 144-53E inoperative
  6. HYDROPAC 160/01 · Nav aids2001-01-30 → 2001-01-31
    Dgps station at cape schanck light 38-30S 144-53E inoperative
  7. HYDROPAC 150/01 · Nav aids2001-01-30 → 2001-01-30
    Dgps station at cape schanck light 38-30S 144-53E inoperative
  8. HYDROPAC 1759/00 · Nav aids2000-12-11 → 2000-12-11
    Dgps station at cape schanck light 38-29.5S 144-53.2E unreliable
  9. HYDROPAC 1626/00 · Nav aids2000-11-06 → 2000-11-17
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E off air
  10. HYDROPAC 1618/00 · Nav aids2000-11-04 → 2000-11-05
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E off air
  11. HYDROPAC 1590/00 · Nav aids2000-10-28 → 2000-11-02
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E temporarily discontinued
  12. HYDROPAC 1571/00 · Nav aids2000-10-26 → 2000-10-26
    Dgps station at cape schanck light 38-30S 144-53E off air
  13. HYDROPAC 1564/00 · Derelicts2000-10-24 → 2000-10-31
    F/V pacific destiny partially submerged and adrift vicinity 38-51S 148-32E at 240600Z oct
  14. HYDROPAC 1561/00 · Nav aids2000-10-23 → 2000-10-24
    Dgps station at cape schanck light 38-29.7S 144-53.1E unreliable
  15. HYDROPAC 1559/00 · Other2000-10-23 → 2000-10-24
    F/V pacific destiny suffered an engine room fire in 38-50S 148-32E at 231930Z oct
  16. HYDROPAC 1538/00 · Nav aids2000-10-19 → 2000-10-20
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E temporarily discontinued
  17. HYDROPAC 1471/00 · Nav aids2000-10-06 → 2000-10-07
    RACON at kingfish b platform 38-36.0S 148-11.4E temporarily discontinued
  18. HYDROPAC 1300/00 · Nav aids2000-09-01 → 2000-10-16
    RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E off air
  19. HYDROPAC 1180/00 · Cable ops2000-08-10 → 2000-09-01
    Seismic survey 11 thru 31 aug by M/V southern salvor towing 500 meter long cable along trackline between…
  20. HYDROPAC 822/00 · Nav aids2000-06-01 → 2000-06-02
    Cape woolamai light 38-33.9S 145-21.4E unlit

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