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% |
| Missiles | 3 | 1% |
| Ordnance | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 2 | 0% |
Archive · 488 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 608/05 · Incidents2005-04-03 → 2005-05-205 meter S/V athonar, white hull, one person on board, overdue hendaye (43-22N 001-46W) to hawaii via panama…
- NAVAREA IV 81/05 · 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…
- HYDROLANT 599/05 · Surveys2005-04-01 → 2005-04-14Oceanographic operations by M/V le suroit towing equipment in: a. 03 thru 04 apr in area between 46-30N…
- HYDROLANT 145/05 · Incidents2005-01-18 → 2005-03-02F/V besace sunk in 46-34N 002-50W at 182018Z jan
- HYDROLANT 134/05 · Incidents2005-01-18 → 2005-01-18Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V apar in 46-34.3N 004-47.9W at 181215Z jan
- HYDROLANT 1918/04 · Wrecks2004-12-01 → 2004-12-01Vessel amphitrite sank in 44-38N 002-27W
- HYDROLANT 1385/04 · Incidents2004-08-20 → 2004-10-07Man overboard from M/V sinan atasoy vicinity 46-20.3N 005-15.5W at 200430Z aug
- HYDROLANT 1139/04 · Surveys2004-07-06 → 2004-07-13Underwater operations 08 thru 12 jul by M/V cso deep blue vicinity 45-37N 003-30W
- HYDROLANT 958/04 · Restricted2004-06-03 → 2004-06-03Navigation prohibited 051000Z thru 071200Z jun in area bound by 43-39.4N 001-13.6W, 49-23.2N 000-06.6W and…
- HYDROLANT 904/04 · Exercises2004-05-25 → 2004-06-04Hazardous operations 1430Z to 0230Z commencing daily 26, 28 may and 01 thru 03 jun in area bound by 47-49.2N…
- HYDROLANT 835/04 · Incidents2004-05-15 → 2004-05-15Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 45-04.7N 002-44.5W
- HYDROLANT 832/04 · Incidents2004-05-15 → 2004-05-15Distress signals received on: a. 243.0 mhz in 45-27.8N 002-53.0W and 45-32.8N 004-14.9W
- HYDROLANT 749/04 · Incidents2004-05-02 → 2004-05-02Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 47-17.8N 003-10.7W
- HYDROLANT 748/04 · Incidents2004-05-02 → 2004-05-03Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 47-13.5N 003-04.1W
- HYDROLANT 689/04 · Incidents2004-04-24 → 2004-04-25Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 45-07.1N 005-47.3W at 240203Z apr
- HYDROLANT 2371/03 · Incidents2003-12-22 → 2003-12-22Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 45-55.8N 004-17.2W at 221032Z dec
- HYDROLANT 1823/03 · Surveys2003-09-24 → 2003-10-07Survey operations 25 sep thru 06 oct by M/V hesperides towing equipment in area bound by 45-35N 004-30W,…
- HYDROLANT 1641/03 · Surveys2003-08-28 → 2003-09-19Survey operations 30 aug thru 18 sep by M/V hesperides towing 3000 meter long cable in area bound by 45-35N…
- HYDROLANT 1615/03 · Derelicts2003-08-23 → 2003-08-24Derelict 14 meter S/V miwani adrift vicinity 46-08N 005-19W at 231700Z aug
- HYDROLANT 633/03 · Nav aids2003-03-25 → 2003-05-22Dgps station at punta de la estaca de bares light 43-47.2N 007-41.1W inoperative
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.