Bay of Biscay
IHO sea area 22 · -8° to -0° E, 43° to 48° N
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- archive messages
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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.
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| 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 172/07 · Incidents2007-01-30 → 2007-01-30M/V autoprogress fire on board and in need of assistance in 47-15.2N 004-43.4W at 302200Z jan
- HYDROLANT 2059/06 · Containers2006-11-12 → 2006-11-19Container adrift vicinity 45-35.8N 005-23.9W at 121000Z nov
- HYDROLANT 2022/06 · Derelicts2006-11-05 → 2006-11-12Derelict seven meter vessel, green hull, adrift in 44-31N 002-10W
- HYDROLANT 1941/06 · Surveys2006-10-21 → 2006-10-24Oceanographic operations by M/V thalassa as follows: a. 22 oct vicinity 47-15.12N 004-46.00W
- HYDROLANT 1760/06 · Incidents2006-09-27 → 2006-11-15Man overboard from F/V munchos cuarto vicinity 45-48N 002-28W at 272102Z sep
- HYDROLANT 1746/06 · Exercises2006-09-25 → 2006-09-27Hazardous operations 271000Z to 271500Z sep, alternate 281000Z thru 281500Z sep in area bound by 47-09.49N…
- HYDROLANT 1336/06 · Exercises2006-07-17 → 2006-07-17Gunnery exercises 180600Z to 180900Z, 181200Z to 181500Z and 201430Z to 201600Z jul in area bound by…
- HYDROLANT 1335/06 · Surveys2006-07-17 → 2006-07-17Underwater operations 180001Z jul to 062359Z aug by M/V thalia in area bound by 44-00N 003-00W, 44-00N…
- HYDROLANT 1296/06 · Surveys2006-07-12 → 2006-07-23Oceanographic operations 131000Z to 231000Z jul by M/V thalassa in area bound by 48-00N 005-00W, 46-30N…
- HYDROLANT 971/06 · Surveys2006-05-19 → 2006-05-24Oceanographic operations 21 thru 23 may by M/V thalia in area bound by 48-30N 004-30W, 46-30N 004-30W,…
- HYDROLANT 910/06 · Containers2006-05-12 → 2006-05-19Container adrift vicinity 46-02.5N 005-41.5W at 122000Z may
- HYDROLANT 703/06 · Debris2006-04-10 → 2006-04-17Eight meter object adrift vicinity 45-13N 002-57W
- HYDROLANT 40/06 · Cable ops2006-01-06 → 2006-01-12Underwater and seismic survey 082300Z to 112300Z jan in areas: a. between 47-20N 47-00N and 007-40W 007-00W
- HYDROLANT 2278/05 · Derelicts2005-12-05 → 2005-12-12Derelict 99 meter M/V maya adrift vicinity 45-52.8N 005-01.7W
- HYDROLANT 2050/05 · Containers2005-11-08 → 2005-11-15Three containers adrift vicinity 44-51N 006-52W at 081058Z nov
- HYDROLANT 1807/05 · Surveys2005-10-03 → 2005-10-12Survey operations by M/V thalassa: a. 05 thru 06 oct in area between 43-20N 003-00W, 43-40N 003-00W
- HYDROLANT 1520/05 · Incidents2005-08-20 → 2005-10-0512 meter S/V gwenili II, white hull, two persons on board, unreported la corogne to lorient
- HYDROLANT 1125/05 · Debris2005-06-15 → 2005-06-22Fishing net adrift in 47-06N 004-34W at 151221Z jun
- HYDROLANT 1035/05 · Surveys2005-06-01 → 2005-06-10Survey operations 06 thru 20 jun by M/V laperouse in area between 45-00N 003-00W and 43-30N 008-00W
- NAVAREA XII 88/05 · Incidents2005-04-03 → 2005-05-195 meter S/V athonar, white hull, one person on board, overdue hendaye (43-22N 001-46W) to hawaii via panama…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.