Java Sea

IHO sea area 48n · 105° to 119° E, -8° to -2° N

in force
2
last 12 months
5
archive messages
326
categories
11

What the archive shows

326 messages are recorded since 1997-01-19 for the Java Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Incidents accounts for 187 of 326 recorded messages (57%), 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 · 2

  1. NAVAREA XI 408/26 · Wrecks2026-09-13
    A sunken wreck lies in the Java Sea at 04-32-31.8S 114-01-36.0E.
  2. NAVAREA XI 386/26 · Wrecks2026-08-24
    A sunken wreck exists in the Java Sea at 04-14-42S 113-44-18E.

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA XI 386/26 · Wrecks2026-08-24
    A sunken wreck exists in the Java Sea at 04-14-42S 113-44-18E.
  2. NAVAREA XI 408/26 · Wrecks2026-09-13
    A sunken wreck lies in the Java Sea at 04-32-31.8S 114-01-36.0E.

By year

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By month (all years)

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By category · available archive

Incidents18757%
Cable ops4514%
Quakes4313%
Derelicts134%
Wrecks93%
Piracy82%
Other82%
Surveys72%
Containers41%
Ordnance10%
Missiles10%

Archive · 324 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 385/18 · Incidents2018-01-28 → 2018-02-04
    M/V km pinang jaya, sinking in 05-44S 107-33E at 280530Z jan
  2. HYDROPAC 281/18 · Incidents2018-01-21 → 2018-01-27
    Vessel km 007 gt 17, three persons on board, unreported
  3. HYDROPAC 4555/17 · Incidents2017-12-23 → 2017-12-24
    M/V daya karya, eight persons on board, unreported to lamongan (06-51.85S 112-24.76E)
  4. HYDROPAC 4524/17 · Incidents2017-12-22 → 2017-12-28
    Vessel km samudera jaya, 11 persons on board, sank in vicinity 05-00S 107-00E
  5. HYDROPAC 4421/17 · Incidents2017-12-15 → 2017-12-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V sormovskiy 122 in vicinity 03-17.4S 110-08.2E at 150608Z dec
  6. HYDROPAC 4230/17 · Derelicts2017-12-03 → 2017-12-06
    Derelict 100 meter barge adrift in 05-48.0S 113-43.8E
  7. HYDROPAC 4218/17 · Incidents2017-12-02 → 2017-12-07
    Tug and barge virgo 99 sinking in vicinity 06-00S 109-00E at 012330Z dec
  8. HYDROPAC 4046/17 · Surveys2017-11-20 → 2017-12-04
    Survey operations in progress until 27 dec by M/V pgs apollo towing eight five mile long cables in area…
  9. HYDROPAC 3926/17 · Incidents2017-11-13 → 2017-12-01
    F/V, seven persons on board, sank in 05-01S 116-41E
  10. HYDROPAC 3917/17 · Incidents2017-11-12 → 2017-11-13
    Tug durian mas, six persons on board, sinking in 05-49.35S 106-43.76E
  11. HYDROPAC 3882/17 · Incidents2017-11-10 → 2017-11-24
    Tug yong tat 239 sinking in 02-53.63S 106-59.15E
  12. HYDROPAC 3692/17 · Incidents2017-10-29 → 2017-10-29
    Vessel darma kencana 2, 199 persons on board, on fire in 05-03.9S 109-53.7E
  13. HYDROPAC 3586/17 · Surveys2017-10-20 → 2017-11-20
    Survey operations in progress until 27 dec by M/V pgs apollo towing eight five mile long cables in area…
  14. HYDROPAC 3495/17 · Surveys2017-10-12 → 2017-10-21
    Survey operations in progress until 20 oct by M/V pgs apollo towing eight five mile long cables in area…
  15. HYDROPAC 3464/17 · Incidents2017-10-11 → 2017-10-11
    M/V, five persons on board, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 04-52-19.5S 106-26-54.3E
  16. HYDROPAC 3323/17 · Incidents2017-09-28 → 2017-10-01
    Vessel, nine persons on board, unreported
  17. USGS-US2000AS7R · Quakes2017-09-20 → 2017-09-23
    108 km nne of bangkalan, indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 3066/17 · Incidents2017-09-08 → 2017-09-11
    M/V berkah agung sinking in 03-55S 110-23E
  19. HYDROPAC 2998/17 · Incidents2017-09-03 → 2017-09-04
    M/V golden destiny, 30 persons on board, unreported
  20. HYDROPAC 2545/17 · Other2017-07-26 → 2017-07-29
    Tug puma 5 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity of trackline between 03-26-06S 109-33-48E…

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

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