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 1050/17 · Other2017-03-25 → 2017-03-25S/V dire straits, three persons abandoning ship in 39-10.43S 145-15.15E
- HYDROPAC 858/17 · Nav aids2017-03-13 → 2017-03-13Mallacoota dgps station 37-34.1S 149-44.0E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 685/17 · Nav aids2017-02-26 → 2017-02-28North east island light 39-26.7S 147-22.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 379/17 · Nav aids2017-02-02 → 2017-02-02Crib point dgps station 38-21.6S 145-10.2E unreliable
- HYDROPAC 219/17 · Incidents2017-01-20 → 2017-01-2010.5 meter vessel mico, three persons on board, overdue lakes entrance (37-54S 147-58E) to deal island…
- HYDROPAC 4033/16 · Nav aids2016-12-29 → 2016-12-29Crib point dgps station 38-21.6S 145-10.2E imoperative
- HYDROPAC 3580/16 · Nav aids2016-11-20 → 2016-11-20Mallacoota dgps station 37-34.1S 149-44.0E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 3569/16 · Nav aids2016-11-19 → 2016-11-20Mallacoota dgps station 37-34.1S 149-44.0E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 3558/16 · Nav aids2016-11-18 → 2016-11-27Platform whiting, 38-14.40S 147-52.43E unlit
- HYDROPAC 3330/16 · Incidents2016-10-30 → 2016-10-30Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V mary lynette, benetau 430, two persons on board vicinity…
- HYDROPAC 3171/16 · Nav aids2016-10-17 → 2016-10-18Mallacoota dgps station 37-34.1S 149-44.0E unreliable
- HYDROPAC 2708/16 · Other2016-09-07 → 2016-09-07Aircraft ditching in 38-15.5S 144-11.0E at 070913Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2480/16 · Incidents2016-08-18 → 2016-08-18Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13 meter vessel goshen vicinity 39-21.48S 145-19.08E at 181107Z aug
- HYDROPAC 1722/16 · Nav aids2016-06-08 → 2016-06-08Crib point dgps station 38-21.6S 145-10.2E unreliable
- HYDROPAC 1721/16 · Cable ops2016-06-08 → 2016-06-13Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in 40-13.1S 146-52.3E
- HYDROPAC 1546/16 · Nav aids2016-05-25 → 2016-06-08Crib point dgps station 38-21.6S 145-10.2E unreliable
- HYDROPAC 1538/16 · Nav aids2016-05-25 → 2016-05-25Crib point dgps station 38-21.6S 145-10.2E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 1491/16 · Nav aids2016-05-21 → 2016-05-30Platform kingfish a, 38-35.8S 148-08.7E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1472/16 · Cable ops2016-05-19 → 2016-06-06Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in 40-13.1S 146-52.3E
- HYDROPAC 1092/16 · Cable ops2016-04-14 → 2016-04-22Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in 40-13.96S 146-52.27E
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.