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
- categories
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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 1213/01 · Containers2001-04-22 → 2001-04-29Container adrift in 45-09N 004-03W at 211700Z apr
- HYDROLANT 273/01 · Containers2001-01-23 → 2001-01-30Six containers adrift vicinity 44-55N 005-37W at 231700Z jan
- HYDROLANT 261/01 · Containers2001-01-23 → 2001-01-30Containers adrift vicinity: a. 45-54.0N 004-19.5W at 230550Z jan
- HYDROLANT 4232/00 · Incidents2000-12-25 → 2000-12-26Distress signal recieved on 121.5 mhz between 44-48.5N 003-07.0W and 45-03.4N 003-02.2W
- HYDROLANT 4067/00 · Derelicts2000-12-08 → 2000-12-15Derelict M/V passat adrift vicinity 44-14N 006-57W at 081340Z dec
- HYDROLANT 3972/00 · Incidents2000-11-29 → 2001-01-11Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 46-11N 003-11W
- HYDROLANT 3885/00 · Containers2000-11-19 → 2000-11-26Container adrift vicinity 46-49N 004-48W at 191000Z nov
- HYDROLANT 3877/00 · Wrecks2000-11-18 → 2002-03-22Submerged obstruction vicinity 47-11.2N 004-22.6W
- HYDROLANT 3766/00 · Derelicts2000-11-08 → 2000-11-15Derelict 24 meter S/V, yellow hull, adrift vicinity 44-15N 005-00W at 080840Z nov
- HYDROLANT 3749/00 · Derelicts2000-11-07 → 2000-11-08Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 44-35.5N 007-00.3W at 070707Z nov
- HYDROLANT 3737/00 · Derelicts2000-11-06 → 2000-11-08Derelict 24 meter S/V creightons naturally, yellow hull, adrift vicinity 45-23.6N 005-40.2W at 061600Z nov
- HYDROLANT 3729/00 · Incidents2000-11-06 → 2000-11-06Distress signal received from 80 foot S/V creightons naturally, yellow hull, 19 or 20 persons on board, in…
- HYDROLANT 3571/00 · Surveys2000-10-21 → 2000-10-24Underwater operations sunrise to sunset daily by M/V thalassa within 18 miles of: a. 47-20N 005-00W on 22 oct
- HYDROLANT 2615/00 · Surveys2000-07-25 → 2000-09-22Underwater operations in progress until further notice: a. within two miles of 47-14.38N 004-22.35W
- HYDROLANT 2543/00 · Surveys2000-07-19 → 2000-07-25Underwater operations in progress until further notice within six miles of: a. 47-14.38N 004-22.35W
- HYDROLANT 2352/00 · Surveys2000-07-03 → 2000-07-15Survey operations in progress until 14 jul by M/V jean charcot, M/V argonaute and M/V mirfak vicinity…
- HYDROLANT 2043/00 · Surveys2000-06-06 → 2000-07-19Underwater operations in progress until further notice in areas: a. within two miles of 47-14.38N 004-22.35W
- HYDROPAC 590/00 · Cable ops2000-04-18 → 2000-04-20Cable laying operations in progress until 30 apr by cableship dock express 20 vicinity of trackline joining…
- NAVAREA XII 127/00 · Cable ops2000-04-18 → 2000-04-20Cable laying operations in progress until 30 apr by cableship dock express 20 vicinity of trackline joining…
- HYDROLANT 2861/99 · Wrecks1999-12-30 → 2000-04-21Wreck in 47-09.45N 004-15.78W
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.