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 693/13 · Incidents2013-03-11 → 2013-03-16F/V sunk between anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) and mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 692/13 · Incidents2013-03-11 → 2013-03-16F/V, 25 persons on board, overdue anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) to mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 487/13 · Cable ops2013-02-18 → 2013-07-27Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V bgp challenger towing 10000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 327/13 · Incidents2013-02-01 → 2013-02-16Three f/v's, three persons on board each, overdue glorieuses islands (11-33.0S 047-20.0E) to mayotte…
- HYDROPAC 301/13 · Cable ops2013-01-29 → 2013-02-18Seismic survey in progress until 26 feb by M/V bgp challenger towing 10000 meter long cable in area bound by…
- HYDROPAC 228/13 · Wrecks2013-01-23 → 2013-01-25Wide berth requested
- HYDROPAC 222/13 · Wrecks2013-01-22 → 2013-01-23Wide berth requested
- HYDROPAC 3467/12 · Surveys2012-12-06 → 2013-04-19Drilling operations in progress until further notice by M/V belford dolphin in: a. 11-56.6S 040-49.7E
- HYDROPAC 3433/12 · Incidents2012-12-04 → 2012-12-15Six meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 3427/12 · Incidents2012-12-03 → 2012-12-15Six meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 3355/12 · Incidents2012-11-27 → 2012-12-08Aircraft, 29 persons on board, missing vicinity 11-33.80S 043-16.17E at 271100Z nov
- HYDROPAC 2816/12 · Incidents2012-10-08 → 2012-10-22Vessel, 13 persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-46.5S 045-18.2E
- HYDROPAC 2747/12 · Incidents2012-09-29 → 2012-10-06Distress signal received from six meter F/V in 12-06S 043-35E at 291445Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2716/12 · Incidents2012-09-26 → 2012-09-27Distress signal received from M/V everton, 16 persons on board, in 20-20S 037-58E at 261014Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2595/12 · Incidents2012-09-11 → 2012-09-22Persons missing from capsized M/V vicinity mayotte island (12-50.35S 045-08.18E)
- HYDROPAC 2547/12 · Incidents2012-09-06 → 2012-09-15Six meter M/V, blue hull, four persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-00S 043-00E
- HYDROPAC 2296/12 · Incidents2012-08-13 → 2012-08-25Six meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue from grande comore (11-35S 043-20E)
- HYDROPAC 2281/12 · Incidents2012-08-12 → 2012-08-18Derelict vessel adrift in 13-00.76S 045-14.89E
- HYDROPAC 2239/12 · Incidents2012-08-06 → 2012-08-25Six, six meter f/v's, white hulls, two persons on board each, overdue from grande comore (11-35S 043-20E)
- HYDROPAC 2220/12 · Incidents2012-08-03 → 2012-08-25Four meter vessel kwassa kwassa, one person on board, adrift vicinity 12-40.21S 045-03.10E
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.