Bay of Biscay
IHO sea area 22 · -8° to -0° E, 43° to 48° N
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- last 12 months
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- archive messages
- 488
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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 19/03 · Incidents2003-01-04 → 2003-01-04Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 45-56N 004-19W and 45-43N 004-10W
- HYDROLANT 2672/02 · Derelicts2002-12-03 → 2002-12-10Derelict lifeboat consensus reefer adrift in 46-35.6N 004-23.9W at 031115Z dec
- HYDROLANT 2573/02 · Other2002-11-21 → 2002-11-25412 meter long black pipe adrift vicinity 47-03N 005-00W at 201650Z nov
- HYDROLANT 2571/02 · Other2002-11-20 → 2002-11-21200 meter long pipe adrift vicinity 47-03N 005-00W at 201650Z nov
- HYDROLANT 2008/02 · Surveys2002-09-09 → 2002-09-28Underwater operations 11 thru 27 sep by M/V thalassa vicinity of trackline joining 47-36N 004-20W, 47-00N…
- HYDROLANT 1864/02 · Surveys2002-08-23 → 2002-09-09Survey operations 26 aug thru 19 sep by M/V thalassa vicinity of tracklines between: a. 48-30N 005-00W and…
- HYDROLANT 1700/02 · Surveys2002-07-31 → 2002-08-13Underwater operations 02 thru 12 aug by M/V pelagia and M/V triton vicinity of trackline between 46-20N…
- HYDROLANT 1220/02 · Surveys2002-06-01 → 2002-06-04Underwater operations by M/V thalassa: a. in progress vicinity of trackline joining 46-32N 005-00W, 47-31N…
- HYDROLANT 1121/02 · Cable ops2002-05-17 → 2002-06-01Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship leon thevenin vicinity of trackline…
- HYDROLANT 308/02 · Containers2002-02-06 → 2002-02-13Two containers adrift vicinity 45-40N 005-35W at 060630Z feb
- HYDROLANT 3300/01 · Incidents2001-12-30 → 2001-12-31Ten meter S/V miss lucy jane, blue hull, one person on board, overdue loctudy (47-50N 004-11W) to la corogne…
- HYDROLANT 3299/01 · Incidents2001-12-30 → 2001-12-30Ten meter S/V miss lucy jane, blue hull, one person on board, overdue loctudy (47-50N 004-11W) to vigo…
- HYDROLANT 2891/01 · Incidents2001-11-10 → 2001-12-25Man overboard from vessel arretxinagako mikel deuna vicinity 45-57N 002-07W at 092335Z nov
- HYDROLANT 2362/01 · Nav aids2001-08-28 → 2001-08-28Dgps station at cap ferret light 44-38.7N 001-15.0W changed to: 310.5 khz
- HYDROLANT 2288/01 · Incidents2001-08-19 → 2001-10-05Five meter S/V la marie jeanne, blue hull, one person on board, unreported baie de morlaix (48-00N 003-57W)…
- HYDROLANT 2235/01 · Incidents2001-08-13 → 2001-08-13Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 46-35.8N 003-54.7W at 131059Z aug
- HYDROLANT 2221/01 · Incidents2001-08-11 → 2001-09-28Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 45-32N 001-29W
- HYDROLANT 2186/01 · Derelicts2001-08-07 → 2001-08-08M/V arklow valley adrift vicinity 47-25.0N 003-54.5W at 070700Z aug
- HYDROLANT 2031/01 · Incidents2001-07-19 → 2001-07-31S/V ipanema, five persons on board, lost mast vicinity 45-34N 005-16W at 191400Z jul
- HYDROLANT 1235/01 · Incidents2001-04-24 → 2001-04-2537 foot M/V seonaid, white hull, four persons on board, disabled due to engine casualty vicinity 44-57N…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.