Bay of Biscay
IHO sea area 22 · -8° to -0° E, 43° to 48° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
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- archive messages
- 488
- categories
- 13
What the archive shows
488 messages are recorded since 1999-01-12 for the Bay of Biscay. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Exercises accounts for 164 of 488 recorded messages (34%), 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 · 0
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By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| Exercises | 164 | 34% |
| Incidents | 106 | 22% |
| Surveys | 66 | 14% |
| Derelicts | 55 | 11% |
| Other | 22 | 5% |
| Nav aids | 21 | 4% |
| Containers | 17 | 3% |
| Debris | 14 | 3% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 2% |
| Wrecks | 6 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 1% |
| Ordnance | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 2 | 0% |
Archive · 488 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 232/18 · Other2018-01-21 → 2018-01-25Plateau de cordouan 45-35.2N 001-10.4W at reduced intensity
- HYDROLANT 3800/17 · Nav aids2017-11-24 → 2017-11-27Chaissiron light 46-02.8N 001-24.6W unlit
- HYDROLANT 3784/17 · Nav aids2017-11-23 → 2017-11-24Chaissiron light 46-02.8N 001-24.6W unreliable
- HYDROLANT 3137/17 · Nav aids2017-10-03 → 2017-10-23Dgps station at cap ferret light 44-38.7N 001-15.0W off air
- HYDROLANT 2854/17 · Surveys2017-09-14 → 2017-10-03Underwater operations 160001Z sep to 030001Z oct by M/V thalassa in area bound by 48-28.0N 005-06.3W,…
- HYDROLANT 2126/17 · Incidents2017-07-09 → 2017-07-27Six meter M/V espe primero, blue hull, one person on board, overdue from lekeitio (43-21.7N 002-29.8W)
- HYDROLANT 791/17 · Surveys2017-03-10 → 2017-04-17Survey operations 130001Z mar to 162359Z apr by M/V miguel oliver along coastline between 44-39N 001-10W and…
- HYDROLANT 71/17 · Incidents2017-01-07 → 2017-01-2511 meter S/V omote, white and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue camaret (48-16N 004-35W) to la…
- HYDROLANT 3109/16 · Incidents2016-11-21 → 2016-11-22Spain to france
- HYDROLANT 2227/16 · Incidents2016-08-30 → 2016-10-05Man overboard from F/V nuevo madre rosaura vicinity 45-24N 003-15W at 300307Z aug
- HYDROLANT 2225/16 · Incidents2016-08-30 → 2016-08-30Man overboard from F/V nuevo madre rosaura vicinity 45-27.5N 003-16.2W at 300215Z aug
- HYDROLANT 2197/16 · Other2016-08-27 → 2016-09-11S/V saida II requesting assistance in 45-22.03N 003-32.40W
- HYDROLANT 2160/16 · Derelicts2016-08-23 → 2016-08-26Derelict 11 meter S/V clara, black hull, adrift in 45-09.59N 006-32.49W at 231326Z aug
- HYDROLANT 2152/16 · Incidents2016-08-23 → 2016-08-24Distress signal received in 45-18.72N 006-26.06W
- HYDROLANT 1967/16 · Incidents2016-08-04 → 2016-08-21Distress signal received from F/V txingudi in 44-48.2N 003-30.0W
- HYDROLANT 1871/16 · Derelicts2016-07-23 → 2016-07-3119 meter F/V tonino segundo disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 45-57N 002-45W
- HYDROLANT 280/16 · Derelicts2016-02-01 → 2016-02-02Derelict M/V modern express adrift vicinity 44-25.0N 002-01.0W at 010200Z feb
- HYDROLANT 274/16 · Derelicts2016-01-31 → 2016-02-01Derelict M/V modern express adrift vicinity 44-44.8N 002-46.8W at 310600Z jan
- HYDROLANT 260/16 · Derelicts2016-01-30 → 2016-01-31Derelict M/V modern express adrift vicinity 45-13.3N 004-02.0W at 300600Z jan
- HYDROLANT 252/16 · Derelicts2016-01-29 → 2016-01-30Derelict M/V modern express disabled and adrift vicinity 45-24N 004-38W at 291240Z jan
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.