Bristol Channel
IHO sea area 20 · -5° to -2° E, 51° to 52° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
- 1
- archive messages
- 265
- categories
- 9
What the archive shows
265 messages are recorded since 1997-07-03 for the Bristol Channel. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Nav aids accounts for 135 of 265 recorded messages (51%), 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
| Nav aids | 135 | 51% |
| Cable ops | 54 | 20% |
| Surveys | 50 | 19% |
| Wrecks | 11 | 4% |
| Ordnance | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Containers | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 2 | 1% |
| Incidents | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 265 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 678/01 · Cable ops2001-02-26 → 2001-02-27Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship sovereign vicinity 51-20N 003-51W
- HYDROLANT 661/01 · Cable ops2001-02-24 → 2001-02-26Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship sovereign vicinity 51-20N 003-51W
- HYDROLANT 650/01 · Cable ops2001-02-23 → 2001-02-23Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship sovereign vicinity 51-20N 003-49W
- HYDROLANT 540/01 · Surveys2001-02-13 → 2001-02-15Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel dpfv seahorse vicinity of trackline between…
- HYDROLANT 486/01 · Nav aids2001-02-09 → 2001-02-13RACON at west helwick buoy 51-31N 004-24W inoperative
- HYDROLANT 356/01 · Cable ops2001-01-30 → 2001-02-03Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship seaworker vicinity of trackline between…
- HYDROLANT 306/01 · Surveys2001-01-26 → 2001-01-27Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-22.2N…
- HYDROLANT 279/01 · Surveys2001-01-24 → 2001-01-25Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-21N…
- HYDROLANT 241/01 · Surveys2001-01-20 → 2001-01-22Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-15N…
- HYDROLANT 237/01 · Surveys2001-01-20 → 2001-01-20Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-15N…
- HYDROLANT 98/01 · Surveys2001-01-09 → 2001-01-15Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V seaworker within two miles of 51-06.6N 004-16.0W
- HYDROLANT 4223/00 · Surveys2000-12-24 → 2000-12-25Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares within one mile of 51-19N 003-54W
- HYDROLANT 4196/00 · Surveys2000-12-22 → 2000-12-23Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-22N…
- HYDROLANT 4179/00 · Surveys2000-12-21 → 2000-12-21Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-21N…
- HYDROLANT 4176/00 · Surveys2000-12-20 → 2000-12-21Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-17N…
- HYDROLANT 4175/00 · Surveys2000-12-20 → 2000-12-20Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares vicinity of trackline between 51-21N…
- HYDROLANT 4151/00 · Surveys2000-12-18 → 2001-01-06Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V seaworker vicinity of trackline joining 51-17N…
- HYDROLANT 4058/00 · Surveys2000-12-07 → 2000-12-08Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V edt ares vicinity of trackline between…
- HYDROLANT 2195/00 · Nav aids2000-06-19 → 2000-06-19Mumbles light 51-34N 003-58W unlit
- HYDROLANT 2039/00 · Surveys2000-06-06 → 2000-06-08Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V geo surveyor vicinity of trackline between…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.