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%

Archive · 79 cancelled

  1. USGS-US1000H3MF · Quakes2018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    57 km nnw of palu, indonesia
  2. HYDROPAC 3342/18 · Surveys2018-09-14 → 2018-10-01
    Survey operations in progress until 30 sep by M/V pgs apollo towing ten five mile long cables in area bound…
  3. HYDROPAC 2527/18 · Surveys2018-07-10 → 2018-09-14
    Survey operations in progress until 15 sep by M/V apollo towing ten five mile long cables in area bound by…
  4. HYDROPAC 1313/18 · Piracy2018-04-06 → 2018-04-13
    M/V reports act of piracy in 00-15.4S 117-34.2E at 042005Z apr
  5. NOAAORR-9701 · Spills2018-04-02 → 2018-04-16
    On march 31, 2018, a pipeline rupture at the indonesian port city of balikpapan, on the island of borneo,…
  6. HYDROPAC 575/18 · Incidents2018-02-11 → 2018-02-17
    Vessel tb jaya pratama abadi and F/V tarawani baru, six persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity…
  7. HYDROPAC 107/18 · Piracy2018-01-10 → 2018-01-20
    M/V attacked in 00-16.15S 117-43.01E at 082300Z jan
  8. HYDROPAC 2977/17 · Cable ops2017-09-01 → 2017-09-13
    Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re along trackline joining 05-23S…
  9. HYDROPAC 2774/17 · Cable ops2017-08-16 → 2017-08-25
    Cable operations 17 aug until further notice by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining…
  10. HYDROPAC 2348/17 · Incidents2017-07-06 → 2017-07-09
    M/V sinking in 04-43S 119-21E at 050800Z jul
  11. HYDROPAC 1397/17 · Piracy2017-04-21 → 2017-04-28
    M/V attacked in 00-15.7S 117-34.5E at 200200Z apr
  12. HYDROPAC 1303/16 · Incidents2016-05-05 → 2016-05-08
    M/V vega-e, 39 persons on board, sinking in 02-19.92S 116-43.08E at 050930Z may
  13. HYDROPAC 3632/15 · Derelicts2015-11-06 → 2015-11-06
    M/V amin 01 disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 00-43.535S 119-16.287E at 052343Z nov
  14. HYDROPAC 3369/15 · Structures2015-10-13 → 2016-10-22
    Platform established in 01-26.1S 116-58.2E
  15. HYDROPAC 2031/15 · Incidents2015-06-21 → 2015-06-24
    M/V mina bahari 04, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble vicinity 03-31-25S…
  16. HYDROPAC 1914/15 · Incidents2015-06-12 → 2015-06-17
    M/V titian muhibah sinking vicinity 01-00S 119-00E at 101700Z jun
  17. USGS-USC000TN7F · Quakes2015-02-08 → 2015-02-11
    60 km ene of mamuju, indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 3024/14 · Incidents2014-10-10 → 2014-10-16
    Man overboard from 15 meter vessel between barru (04-21-31S 119-38-24E) and tanjung mangkalihat (01-01-59N…
  19. HYDROPAC 2965/14 · Incidents2014-10-06 → 2014-10-10
    Man overboard from 15 meter vessel between barru (04-21-31.32S 119-38-23.78E) and tanjung mangkalihat…
  20. HYDROPAC 2130/14 · Wrecks2014-07-20 → 2016-09-05
    Makassar Strait

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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