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 2981/13 · Incidents2013-09-29 → 2013-10-19F/V, 15 persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-00S 044-00E
- HYDROPAC 2703/13 · Incidents2013-09-07 → 2013-09-14Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue vicinity anjouan (12-15S 044-25E)
- HYDROPAC 2655/13 · Cable ops2013-09-04 → 2013-11-02Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V pacific falcon towing 11000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 2558/13 · Incidents2013-08-26 → 2013-09-07F/V, 37 persons on board, capsized and adrift in 12-36S 044-53E at 250100Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2538/13 · Incidents2013-08-25 → 2013-08-26Six meter F/V, 37 persons on board, capsizing in 12-36S 044-53E at 250100Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2476/13 · Incidents2013-08-19 → 2013-08-31Six meter F/V dauphin I, grey hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 2322/13 · Incidents2013-08-05 → 2013-08-10Man overboard vicinity 12-36S 044-59E at 042146Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2278/13 · Incidents2013-08-01 → 2013-08-174.8 meter F/V asbaab II, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1811/13 · Incidents2013-06-21 → 2013-06-29Man overboard from M/V captain costas vicinity 12-00S 044-28E at 210800Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1457/13 · Wrecks2013-05-20 → 2013-05-21Port of maputo closed to vessel traffic until further notice due to M/V baltia aground in 25-59.48S 032-35.26E
- HYDROPAC 1456/13 · Cable ops2013-05-20 → 2013-11-12Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V western patriot towing 10000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 1454/13 · Cable ops2013-05-20 → 2013-05-20Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V western patriot towing 1000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 1416/13 · Incidents2013-05-16 → 2013-06-15Comoros to madagascar
- HYDROPAC 1205/13 · Incidents2013-04-29 → 2013-05-11Seven meter F/V, eight persons on board, overdue vicinity mayotte (12-50.6S 045-08.3E)
- HYDROPAC 1171/13 · Incidents2013-04-26 → 2013-05-11Seven meter F/V mole, blue hull, three persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1166/13 · Incidents2013-04-26 → 2013-05-04Man overboard, two persons, vicinity of trackline between 12-49.41S 045-22.40E and 12-23.50S 046-40.71E
- HYDROPAC 1090/13 · Derelicts2013-04-19 → 2013-04-21Vessel grand count disabled and adrift in 26-17S 038-02E
- HYDROPAC 1060/13 · Incidents2013-04-17 → 2013-04-19M/V grand count, five persons on board, in need of assistance in 26-14.08S 037-25.40E at 161200Z apr
- HYDROPAC 978/13 · Incidents2013-04-08 → 2013-04-27Seven meter F/V salama, three persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-32S 045-06E
- HYDROPAC 712/13 · Incidents2013-03-13 → 2013-03-23Vessel capsized between anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) and mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.