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
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% |
| Ordnance | 3 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 2 | 0% |
Archive · 488 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 395/08 · Incidents2008-03-04 → 2008-03-04Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V ur ertza vicinity 44-00N 002-45W
- HYDROLANT 206/08 · Derelicts2008-01-29 → 2008-01-29F/V sextant adrift in 46-25.57N 004-08.72W on 29 jan
- HYDROLANT 2145/07 · Incidents2007-12-23 → 2007-12-24Capsized vessel adrift vicinity 45-43.5N 006-04.2W at 232040Z dec
- HYDROLANT 2118/07 · Incidents2007-12-18 → 2007-12-18Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 45-17.8N 003-57.3W
- HYDROLANT 2058/07 · Containers2007-12-11 → 2007-12-11Container adrift in 47-29.56N 004-34.44W at 110811Z dec
- HYDROLANT 2057/07 · Debris2007-12-11 → 2007-12-11Cylindrical tank adrift in 46-58.6N 004-33.4W at 110837Z dec
- HYDROLANT 2046/07 · Incidents2007-12-09 → 2007-12-10Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 44-44N 003-53W
- HYDROLANT 1996/07 · Incidents2007-12-02 → 2008-02-09Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 46-15.8N 004-23.9W
- HYDROLANT 1678/07 · Incidents2007-10-03 → 2007-12-0211 meter S/V kobaia, cream hull, two persons on board, unreported lisboa (38-44N 009-08W) to aber wrach…
- HYDROLANT 1656/07 · Restricted2007-09-28 → 2007-10-10Navigation prohibited 021200Z to 101200Z oct in area bound by 47-40N 007-40W, 47-40N 004-32W, 47-00N…
- HYDROLANT 1586/07 · Incidents2007-09-14 → 2007-09-1530 foot S/V torya, red hull, one person onboard, unreported la coruna (43-22N 008-23W) to lorient (47-45N…
- HYDROLANT 1487/07 · Derelicts2007-08-27 → 2007-08-30M/V celtic voyager not under command and adrift vicinity of 46-36.7N 005-08.8W
- HYDROLANT 1289/07 · Incidents2007-07-23 → 2007-09-06Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-10N 002-33W
- HYDROLANT 691/07 · Surveys2007-04-25 → 2007-04-27Underwater operations 260001Z to 262359Z apr by M/V thalia in area bound by 47-43N 004-12W, 47-37N 003-53W,…
- HYDROLANT 592/07 · Surveys2007-04-10 → 2007-04-13Underwater operations by M/V thalassa: a. 11 apr vicinity of trackline joining 44-00N 006-53W, 44-00N…
- HYDROLANT 574/07 · Surveys2007-04-08 → 2007-04-10Underwater operations by M/V thalassa: a. 10 apr vicinity of trackline 44-05N 007-04W and 44-00N 006-53W
- HYDROLANT 270/07 · Incidents2007-02-20 → 2007-02-20Man overboard from M/V mare liberum vicinity 46-46.1N 002-53.3W
- HYDROLANT 219/07 · Derelicts2007-02-09 → 2007-03-28F/V le stiff disabled and adrift in 45-57N 003-43W
- HYDROLANT 209/07 · Incidents2007-02-07 → 2007-02-07Distress signal received from S/V bonus vicinity 45-23N 004-16W
- HYDROLANT 205/07 · Incidents2007-02-07 → 2007-02-07Distress signal received in vicinity 45-09N 004-50W
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.