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% |
| Debris | 3 | 1% |
| Spills | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 3 | 1% |
| Volcanic | 2 | 0% |
| Structures | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 572 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 493/14 · Incidents2014-02-19 → 2014-03-01Seven meter vessel, 20 persons on board, overdue anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) to mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 466/14 · Incidents2014-02-17 → 2014-02-19Seven meter vessel, eight persons on board, overdue anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) to mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 302/14 · Incidents2014-01-29 → 2014-02-08Seven meter F/V, three persons on board, overdue mayotte island (12-50-35S 045-08-18E)
- HYDROPAC 296/14 · Incidents2014-01-29 → 2014-01-29F/v's overdue mayotte island (12-50-35S 045-08-18E): a. seven meter F/V, three persons on board
- HYDROPAC 289/14 · Incidents2014-01-28 → 2014-02-08Six meter F/V espoir, two persons on board, adrift vicinity 13-00S 045-00E
- HYDROPAC 283/14 · Incidents2014-01-28 → 2014-02-08Seven meter F/V zaitounie, three persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-00S 045-00E
- HYDROPAC 188/14 · Incidents2014-01-18 → 2014-01-25Distress signal received vicinity 13-00S 044-00E at 180750Z jan
- HYDROPAC 158/14 · Incidents2014-01-16 → 2014-02-02Comoros islands vessel, two persons on board, overdue moheli (12-15S 043-45E) to grand comore (11-41S 043-16E)
- HYDROPAC 155/14 · Incidents2014-01-16 → 2014-02-02Seven meter vessel, numerous persons on board, overdue anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) to mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 73/14 · Incidents2014-01-07 → 2014-01-08F/V, two persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-00S 044-00E
- HYDROPAC 25/14 · Incidents2014-01-02 → 2014-01-25F/V, two persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-00S 044-00E
- HYDROPAC 4056/13 · Cable ops2013-12-30 → 2014-01-18Seismic survey in progress until 17 jan 14 by M/V bgp challenger towing 10000 meter long cable in area bound…
- HYDROPAC 3849/13 · Cable ops2013-12-10 → 2014-02-24Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V polarcus adira towing 9000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 3563/13 · Incidents2013-11-16 → 2013-11-30Four meter vessel, green hull, three persons on board, overdue vicinity mayotte (12-50.6S 045-08.3E)
- HYDROPAC 3520/13 · Cable ops2013-11-13 → 2014-04-16Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V pacific falcon towing 11000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 3506/13 · Cable ops2013-11-12 → 2013-12-01Seismic survey in progress until 30 nov by M/V western patriot towing 10000 meter long cable in area bound…
- HYDROPAC 3396/13 · Surveys2013-10-31 → 2013-12-30Survey operations in progress until 06 jan 14 by M/V bgp challenger towing 10000 meter long cable in areas…
- HYDROPAC 3389/13 · Cable ops2013-10-30 → 2014-02-10Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V ramform sterling towing 7000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 3368/13 · Incidents2013-10-29 → 2013-11-02Six meter F/V ntruwaro, two persons on board, unreported from moroni (11-42-17S 043-14-52E) at 270200Z oct
- HYDROPAC 3117/13 · Nav aids2013-10-11 → 2014-04-10Mozambique
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.