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 445/12 · Incidents2012-02-16 → 2012-03-3116 meter vessel ranon aina, four persons on board, overdue vicinity juan de nova island (17-03.2S 042-43.5E)
- HYDROPAC 437/12 · Incidents2012-02-16 → 2012-03-10F/V, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-15S 044-25E) to mayotte (12-50S 045-08E
- HYDROPAC 388/12 · Wrecks2012-02-11 → 2012-02-18Mayotte
- HYDROPAC 241/12 · Containers2012-01-27 → 2012-01-30Two containers adrift vicinity 22-48.2S 036-49.2E
- HYDROPAC 41/12 · Incidents2012-01-06 → 2012-02-18Six meter F/V, white hull, four persons on board, overdue moheli island (12-18S 043-45E) to anjouan island…
- HYDROPAC 13/12 · Surveys2012-01-03 → 2012-02-24Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V nordic explorer in area bound by 19-09S 041-05E,…
- HYDROPAC 3527/11 · Derelicts2011-12-18 → 2011-12-21Derelict M/V partially submerged and adrift in 11-46S 044-55E at 171526Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3375/11 · Derelicts2011-12-03 → 2011-12-06Derelict M/V adrift in 11-58S 048-46E
- HYDROPAC 3221/11 · Piracy2011-11-16 → 2011-11-26M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 11-44S 042-40E at 160740Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3050/11 · Incidents2011-10-29 → 2011-11-05Vessel pelagic reports skipper requiring medical assistance in 21-36-44S 039-41-47E
- HYDROPAC 2860/11 · Piracy2011-10-12 → 2011-10-22M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 11-44S 042-34E at 111011Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2853/11 · Piracy2011-10-11 → 2011-10-22M/V attacked in 11-26S 042-34E at 110923Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2670/11 · Piracy2011-09-22 → 2011-10-01M/V attacked in 12-16.1S 043-19.5E at 220850Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2655/11 · Piracy2011-09-21 → 2011-10-01M/V mekong river attacked in 12-47.52S 046-19.72E at 210636Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2653/11 · Incidents2011-09-21 → 2011-09-24Distress signal received from M/V mekong river in 12-46S 046-16E at 210710Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2273/11 · Incidents2011-08-13 → 2011-08-14Nine meter vessel kwassa, 70 persons on board, overdue vassi harbor (12-14S 044-20E) to mayotte (12-50S…
- HYDROPAC 2211/11 · Cable ops2011-08-06 → 2011-09-05Cable operations in progress until 04 sep by cableship teliri vicinity mayotte (12-50.5S 045-08.3E)
- HYDROPAC 1982/11 · Incidents2011-07-09 → 2011-07-13Six meter F/V, two persons on board, overdue vicinity anjouan island (12-15S 044-25E)
- HYDROPAC 1828/11 · Surveys2011-06-23 → 2011-12-03Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V anadarko and M/V belford dolphin along…
- HYDROPAC 1616/11 · Incidents2011-06-01 → 2011-06-0138 foot M/V irene, cream hull, three persons on board, overdue madagascar (20-00S 047-00E) to durban (29-53S…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.