Bay of Biscay
IHO sea area 22 · -8° to -0° E, 43° to 48° N
- in force
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- 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
Nothing in force in this sea right now.
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 2276/14 · Nav aids2014-09-20 → 2014-09-22Bay of Biscay
- HYDROLANT 2237/14 · Nav aids2014-09-16 → 2014-09-18Bay of Biscay
- HYDROLANT 2191/14 · Incidents2014-09-09 → 2014-10-25Spain to france
- HYDROLANT 1900/14 · Other2014-08-08 → 2014-08-16Martin light 43-29.6N 001-33.2W at reduced intensity
- HYDROLANT 1325/14 · Other2014-05-28 → 2014-05-29Bay of Biscay
- HYDROLANT 1265/14 · Containers2014-05-18 → 2014-05-21Container adrift vicinity 46-23N 004-08W at 181510Z may
- HYDROLANT 2744/13 · Derelicts2013-11-02 → 2013-11-05Derelict S/V adrift vicinity 45-16N 006-26W at 020638Z nov
- HYDROLANT 2727/13 · Incidents2013-10-31 → 2013-11-02Distress signal received from S/V caribou in 45-21.7N 004-39.8W at 310919Z oct
- HYDROLANT 2412/13 · Incidents2013-09-30 → 2013-10-04Untied kingdom to portugal
- HYDROLANT 2092/13 · Incidents2013-08-27 → 2013-08-31Vessel, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 43-56N 002-37W
- HYDROLANT 1896/13 · Incidents2013-08-04 → 2013-09-21France to spain
- HYDROLANT 1647/13 · Incidents2013-07-08 → 2013-07-13Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V batida in 44-47.27N 006-53.17W, vessels in vicinity requested…
- HYDROLANT 1562/13 · Derelicts2013-06-27 → 2013-07-067.5 meter S/V teu teu, white hull with black stripes, disabled and adrift in 44-30.7N 003-38.8W at 271720Z jun
- HYDROLANT 1048/13 · Derelicts2013-04-26 → 2013-04-29Derelict S/V emanta adrift vicinity 46-02.0N 005-32.7W at 262127Z apr
- HYDROLANT 1045/13 · Incidents2013-04-26 → 2013-04-26S/V emanta, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 46-03N 005-27W
- HYDROLANT 2198/12 · Incidents2012-09-22 → 2012-09-22Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V alwadi al gadeed in 45-12.1N 004-32.4W
- HYDROLANT 1812/12 · Incidents2012-08-07 → 2012-09-01Distress signal received from S/V atria 2 vicinity 45-17.9N 003-40.9W
- HYDROLANT 895/12 · Incidents2012-04-27 → 2012-05-05F/V playa de bares, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 44-19N 002-15W
- HYDROLANT 803/12 · Incidents2012-04-11 → 2012-04-1460 foot S/V maitre coq, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift vicinity 44-53.68N 003-47.60W
- HYDROLANT 251/12 · Derelicts2012-01-31 → 2012-02-04Vessel adrift vicinity 46-10.49N 002-41.80W at 310001Z 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.