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 2020/12 · Nav aids2012-07-16 → 2012-08-27Mozambique Channel
- HYDROPAC 1988/12 · Other2012-07-13 → 2012-07-28Five persons abandoned ship in 12-56.23S 044-58.33E
- HYDROPAC 1872/12 · Incidents2012-07-01 → 2012-07-28F/V kwassa, 25 persons on board, overdue anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) to mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 1650/12 · Incidents2012-06-12 → 2012-07-07Six meter F/V, green and white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1603/12 · Incidents2012-06-08 → 2012-07-14Six meter F/V fisher 2, blue hull, one person on board, overdue from mayotte island (12-50S 045-10E)
- HYDROPAC 1424/12 · Incidents2012-05-20 → 2012-06-09F/V capsized and adrift vicinity 13-28S 045-14E
- HYDROPAC 1158/12 · Surveys2012-04-23 → 2012-10-17Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V voyager explorer towing 6000 meter long cable in…
- HYDROPAC 1138/12 · Cable ops2012-04-20 → 2012-05-02Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship chamarel along trackline joining 24-58.75S…
- HYDROPAC 1104/12 · Incidents2012-04-17 → 2012-05-05F/V, 17 persons on board, overdue mayotte island (12-50S 045-10E)
- HYDROPAC 1072/12 · Incidents2012-04-15 → 2012-04-16Mayotte to mozambique
- HYDROPAC 1063/12 · Piracy2012-04-13 → 2012-04-21M/V attacked vicinity 11-18S 041-00E at 131116Z apr
- HYDROPAC 1035/12 · Incidents2012-04-11 → 2012-05-05Seven meter F/V, two persons on board, overdue vicinity anjouan island (12-15S 044-25E) on 07 apr
- HYDROPAC 797/12 · Incidents2012-03-19 → 2012-03-195.5 meter vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue grande comore (11-35S 043-20E) and return
- HYDROPAC 742/12 · Cable ops2012-03-14 → 2012-04-25Seismic survey in progress until 16 jun by M/V nordic explorer towing 6000 meter long cable in area bound by…
- HYDROPAC 679/12 · Cable ops2012-03-08 → 2012-03-12Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship chamarel along trackline between 25-14.42S…
- HYDROLANT 533/12 · Cable ops2012-03-08 → 2012-03-09Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship chamarel along trackline between 25-14.42S…
- HYDROPAC 606/12 · Incidents2012-03-01 → 2012-03-10M/V, white hull, three persons on board, capsized and adrift vicinity 12-12S 043-38E
- HYDROPAC 548/12 · Incidents2012-02-26 → 2012-04-077.5 meter vessel maicha, white hull, one persons on board, overdue vicinity mayotte (12-50S 045-08E)
- HYDROPAC 532/12 · Cable ops2012-02-24 → 2012-02-28Seismic survey in progress until 16 jun by M/V nordic explorer towing 6000 meter long cable in area bound by…
- HYDROPAC 484/12 · Cable ops2012-02-20 → 2012-02-24Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V northern explorer towing 6000 meter long cable in…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.