Mozambique Channel
IHO sea area 45A · 32° to 49° E, -27° to -10° N
- in force
- 1
- last 12 months
- 8
- archive messages
- 573
- categories
- 16
What the archive shows
573 messages are recorded since 1992-04-19 for the Mozambique 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.
Incidents accounts for 251 of 573 recorded messages (44%), 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.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2026-09-23 00:00ZResearch vessel Marion Dufresne conducts oceanographic survey in Indian Ocean southwest sector offshore Mayotte 24 September to 4 October 2026, requesting vessels give 1 nautical mile wide berth.
In force now · 1
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By category · available archive
| Incidents | 251 | 44% |
| Nav aids | 98 | 17% |
| Surveys | 50 | 9% |
| Derelicts | 47 | 8% |
| Cable ops | 43 | 8% |
| Exercises | 26 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 3% |
| Piracy | 11 | 2% |
| Wrecks | 9 | 2% |
| Containers | 4 | 1% |
| Quakes | 4 | 1% |
| Restricted | 3 | 1% |
| Debris | 3 | 1% |
| Spills | 3 | 1% |
| Volcanic | 2 | 0% |
| Structures | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 572 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 2445/16 · Derelicts2016-08-16 → 2016-08-1913 meter vessel, white hull, adrift vicinity 13-04.5S 046-33.7E on 15 aug
- HYDROPAC 2302/16 · Incidents2016-07-31 → 2016-08-07Two, two meter kayaks, one orange hull and one clear blue hull, one person on board each, overdue mayotte…
- HYDROPAC 2271/16 · Incidents2016-07-28 → 2016-07-31Derelict liferaft adrift in 12-04S 042-30E
- HYDROPAC 2082/16 · Incidents2016-07-11 → 2016-07-2412 meter S/V la mangue bleue sinking in 12-53.4S 046-02.0E at 100800Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2080/16 · Incidents2016-07-11 → 2016-07-11S/V la mangue bleue, white hull, two persons on board, unreported
- HYDROPAC 1991/16 · Derelicts2016-07-03 → 2016-07-10Vessel fiona disabled and adrift in 20-31.3S 038-15.9E
- HYDROPAC 1981/16 · Incidents2016-07-02 → 2016-07-02Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13 meter S/V sea saw vicinity 25-10S 033-36E
- HYDROPAC 1904/16 · Incidents2016-06-26 → 2016-07-03Seven meter vessel, one person on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1130/16 · Other2016-04-18 → 2016-04-23Six persons overboard from seven meter vessel vicinity mayotte (12-50-35S 045-08-18E)
- HYDROPAC 1042/16 · Incidents2016-04-08 → 2016-04-23Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V catonvac in 17-20-58S 038-41-28E at 080003Z apr
- HYDROPAC 646/16 · Incidents2016-03-06 → 2016-03-20F/V, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure between anjouan (12-15-00S 044-25-00E)…
- HYDROPAC 613/16 · Cable ops2016-03-03 → 2016-03-22Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V poutquoi pas towing 5000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 569/16 · Surveys2016-02-29 → 2016-03-26Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V wg amundsen towing 9000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 539/16 · Incidents2016-02-26 → 2016-03-0615 meter F/V naz, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-33S 042-01E at 261300Z feb
- HYDROPAC 537/16 · Incidents2016-02-26 → 2016-02-2615 meter F/V naz, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-51S 041-57E at 241400Z feb
- HYDROPAC 504/16 · Incidents2016-02-24 → 2016-02-2615 meter F/V naz, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-56S 042-00E at 230510Z feb
- HYDROPAC 460/16 · Surveys2016-02-18 → 2016-09-26Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V western trident towing 9000 meter long cable in…
- HYDROPAC 37/16 · Surveys2016-01-06 → 2016-02-18Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V western trident towing 9000 meter long cable in…
- HYDROPAC 4119/15 · Incidents2015-12-18 → 2015-12-27Vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 12-25S 044-48E on 15 dec
- HYDROPAC 3872/15 · Nav aids2015-11-25 → 2015-12-04Lacerda light 25-33.8S 032-50.6E unlit
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.