Makassar Strait

IHO sea area 48m · 116° to 121° E, -6° to 1° N

in force
2
last 12 months
2
archive messages
81
categories
11

What the archive shows

81 messages are recorded since 1997-09-28 for the Makassar Strait. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Quakes accounts for 28 of 81 recorded messages (35%), 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. HYDROPAC 241/26 · Surveys2026-01-27
    A survey vessel in Makassar Strait, Indonesia, is towing twelve 10,050-meter cables until further notice; wide berth requested.
  2. NAVAREA XI 34/26 · Cable ops2026-01-27
    Seismic survey is being conducted by vessel Ramform Sovereign towing twelve 10050-meter cables in Selat Makasar until further notice.

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA XI 34/26 · Cable ops2026-01-27
    Seismic survey is being conducted by vessel Ramform Sovereign towing twelve 10050-meter cables in Selat Makasar until further notice.
  2. HYDROPAC 241/26 · Surveys2026-01-27
    A survey vessel in Makassar Strait, Indonesia, is towing twelve 10,050-meter cables until further notice; wide berth requested.

By year

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By category · available archive

Quakes2835%
Cable ops1923%
Incidents1620%
Piracy56%
Wrecks34%
Surveys34%
Derelicts22%
Other22%
Structures11%
Spills11%
Towing11%

Ports on this sea · 8

Busiest first by annual vessel calls (IMF PortWatch); each port page shows the warnings within 60 nm, its World Port Index profile and monthly port calls.

Archive · 79 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1214/24 · Piracy2024-04-14 → 2024-04-17
    Vessel at anchor boarded and robbed by four pirates in 01-17.98S 116-47.93E at 122125Z apr
  2. HYDROPAC 3975/23 · Incidents2023-12-21 → 2024-01-05
    Vessel bigetron GT-6, blue and white hull, 28 persons on board, unreported
  3. USGS-US7000KULJ · Quakes2023-09-09 → 2023-09-12
    101 km n of palu, indonesia
  4. HYDROPAC 2902/23 · Incidents2023-09-09 → 2023-09-16
    One person missing from M/V ocean brave in vicinity 00-41.94S 118-29.48E at 090030Z sep
  5. HYDROPAC 2154/22 · Incidents2022-08-06 → 2022-08-07
    Vessel km ocean 17, blue and red hull, 18 persons on board, unreported muara baru (00-16.09S 117-37.25E) to…
  6. USGS-US7000HFU0 · Quakes2022-06-08 → 2022-06-11
    39 km wsw of mamuju, indonesia
  7. HYDROPAC 3550/21 · Derelicts2021-12-08 → 2021-12-11
    Derelict barge rmn 383 adrift in vicinity 04-02.22S 117-04.51E
  8. HYDROPAC 205/21 · Incidents2021-01-16 → 2021-02-05
    Vessel, white and yellow hull, six persons on board, unreported manggar balikpapan (01-15S 116-57E) to…
  9. USGS-US7000D030 · Quakes2021-01-14 → 2021-01-17
    32 km s of mamuju, indonesia
  10. USGS-US6000D882 · Quakes2021-01-14 → 2021-01-17
    33 km s of mamuju, indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 1656/20 · Piracy2020-06-04 → 2020-06-11
    M/V attacked in 00-15.94S 117-36.85E at 021100Z jun
  12. HYDROPAC 1392/20 · Incidents2020-05-08 → 2020-05-09
    One person missing from M/V wakashio in vicinity 00-27.6S 119-19.4E at 071900Z may
  13. HYDROPAC 3105/19 · Incidents2019-09-21 → 2019-09-22
    Distress signal received from vessel atayal mariner in 00-16.7S 117-37.3E
  14. USGS-US1000HRXP · Quakes2018-11-14 → 2018-11-17
    56 km w of rantepao, indonesia
  15. USGS-US1000H3SD · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    108 km n of palu, indonesia
  16. USGS-US1000H3R6 · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    14 km nne of palu, indonesia
  17. USGS-US1000H3PN · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    16 km sse of palu, indonesia
  18. USGS-US1000H3RC · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    Earthquake magnitude 5.7 (mb) in 0.875S 120.034E, depth 10 km at 281016Z sep 18
  19. USGS-US1000H3P8 · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    99 km n of palu, indonesia
  20. USGS-US1000H3P4 · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    72 km n of palu, indonesia

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