Survey operations in the Caribbean Sea

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays.

in force
2
last 12 months
2
vs previous 12 (1)
+100%
since 1999
208

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

In force now · 2

  1. NAVAREA IV 783/26in force2026-08-12
    NAVAREA IV lists positions of mobile offshore drilling units as of August 12 at 14:40 UTC.
  2. NAVAREA IV 743/26in force2026-07-31
    Underwater operations by vessels Atlantis and Alvin near Cayman Islands from August 2 to August 18, within 100 miles of 18°23'N 081°47'W, wide berth requested.
    Caribbean Sea · Cayman Islands

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA IV 743/26in force2026-07-31 · 21 d
    Underwater operations by vessels Atlantis and Alvin near Cayman Islands from August 2 to August 18, within 100 miles of 18°23'N 081°47'W, wide berth requested.
    Caribbean Sea · Cayman Islands
  2. NAVAREA IV 783/26in force2026-08-12 · 10 d
    NAVAREA IV lists positions of mobile offshore drilling units as of August 12 at 14:40 UTC.

By year

99
00
03
04
06
07
08
09
10
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
26

By month (all years)

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Other hazards in the Caribbean Sea

Archive · 206 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA IV 298/062006-11-06 → 2007-02-07
    Survey operations in progress until 06 feb 07 by M/V cgg venturer in areas bound by: a. 09-49.66N…
  2. NAVAREA IV 92/042004-03-22 → 2004-03-25
    Oceanographic operations in progress until 24 mar by M/V l'atalante within three miles of 14-26-30N 066-58-30W
  3. NAVAREA IV 152/032003-04-11 → 2003-04-15
    Geophysical survey in progress until 14 apr by M/V expert surveyor in area bound by 10-07.72N 061-03.28W,…
  4. NAVAREA IV 34/002000-01-25 → 2000-01-31
    Underwater operations in progress until 30 jan by M/V coastal connector along trackline between 09-26.5N…
  5. NAVAREA IV 30/002000-01-21 → 2000-01-25
    Underwater operations in progress until 24 jan by M/V coastal connector along trackline between 09-26.5N…
  6. NAVAREA IV 16/991999-01-22 → 1999-02-10
    Survey operations 28 jan thru 09 feb by M/V atalante with submersible within five miles of 16-30N 062-00W

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and your national MSI service.

Survey operations in the Caribbean Sea — page 5 · seahazards