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 category · available archive

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

Archive · 492 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1590/23 · Surveys2023-05-13 → 2023-05-18
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V skandi darwin in area bound by 38-31.00S…
  2. HYDROPAC 1411/23 · Surveys2023-04-29 → 2023-06-01
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V fugro mariner in area bound by 38-41.40S…
  3. HYDROPAC 1296/23 · Surveys2023-04-18 → 2023-05-02
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V skandi darwin in area bound by 38-11.60S…
  4. HYDROPAC 1149/23 · Surveys2023-04-06 → 2024-01-25
    Sub-surface scientific moorings established: a. 38-47.50S 147-03.90E
  5. HYDROPAC 1060/23 · Nav aids2023-03-29 → 2023-03-30
    Highfield point light 40-44.32S 145-17.39E unlit
  6. HYDROPAC 943/23 · Incidents2023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter S/V la balsa in 39-04.73S 146-10.07E at 210442Z mar
  7. HYDROPAC 931/23 · Incidents2023-03-20 → 2023-03-20
    Eight meter M/V larus, two persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 39-10.00S 146-16.40E at…
  8. HYDROPAC 1368/22 · Nav aids2022-05-18 → 2022-05-25
    Cliffy island light 38-57.05S 146-42.34E unlit
  9. HYDROPAC 1177/22 · Nav aids2022-05-01 → 2022-05-18
    Cliffy island light 38-57.1S 146-42.4E unreliable
  10. HYDROPAC 957/22 · Nav aids2022-04-08 → 2022-04-10
    Cliffy island light 38-57.1S 146-42.4E unlit
  11. HYDROPAC 901/22 · Nav aids2022-04-04 → 2022-04-04
    Cliffy island light 38-57.1S 146-42.4E unlit
  12. HYDROPAC 863/22 · Surveys2022-03-31 → 2022-04-12
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V tek-ocean spirit in area bound by 39-49S…
  13. HYDROPAC 851/22 · Nav aids2022-03-31 → 2022-05-08
    Swan island light 40-43-39S 148-07-33E range reduced to 15 miles
  14. HYDROPAC 351/22 · Surveys2022-02-09 → 2022-03-30
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V tek ocean spirit along trackline joining…
  15. HYDROPAC 307/22 · Nav aids2022-02-04 → 2022-02-05
    Cliffy island light 38-57.1S 146-42.4E unlit
  16. HYDROPAC 36/22 · Nav aids2022-01-05 → 2022-01-12
    Cape schanck light 38-29.6S 144-53.2E unlit
  17. HYDROPAC 32/22 · Nav aids2022-01-04 → 2022-01-05
    Cape schanck light 38-29.6S 144-53.2E unreliable
  18. HYDROPAC 3643/21 · Derelicts2021-12-16 → 2021-12-19
    Derelict 18 meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-06S 145-48E at 160253Z dec
  19. HYDROPAC 3194/21 · Surveys2021-11-07 → 2021-12-16
    Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V geo coral in area bound by 39-32.5S 144-59.0E,…
  20. HYDROPAC 2980/21 · Incidents2021-10-18 → 2021-10-19
    Five meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue

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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