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.
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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 62/24 · Derelicts2024-01-05 → 2024-01-08Derelict 117 meter M/V apollo triumph adrift in 17-17.75S 040-14.23E on 26 dec 23
- HYDROPAC 37/24 · Derelicts2024-01-03 → 2024-01-06Derelict vessel M/V apollo triumph adrift in 17-30.38S 040-53.16E
- HYDROPAC 4026/23 · Derelicts2023-12-26 → 2023-12-29Derelict vessel M/V apollo triumph adrift in 17-17.76S 040-14.69E
- HYDROPAC 4023/23 · Incidents2023-12-26 → 2023-12-26M/V apollo triumph on fire in 17-30.00S 040-52.00E
- HYDROPAC 4016/23 · Other2023-12-26 → 2023-12-28117 meter M/V apollo triumph on fire in 17-47.00S 041-10.00E
- HYDROPAC 3892/23 · Exercises2023-12-12 → 2023-12-12Gunnery exercises 120500Z to 120900Z dec in area bound by 12-33.00S 045-11.00E, 12-35.00S 044-53.00E,…
- HYDROPAC 3772/23 · Exercises2023-11-28 → 2023-11-30Gunnery exercises 300500Z to 300900Z nov in areas within one mile of: a. 12-33.00S 045-11.00E
- HYDROPAC 3597/23 · Other2023-11-15 → 2023-11-18Ten meter tree adrift in 12-48.61S 044-56.76E
- HYDROPAC 3548/23 · Exercises2023-11-10 → 2023-11-14Gunnery exercises 140500Z to 140900Z nov in areas within one mile of: a. 12-33.00S 045-11.00E
- HYDROPAC 3139/23 · Incidents2023-10-02 → 2023-10-20S/V, three persons on board, overdue nosy be island (13-17.50S 048-07.50E) to mayotte island (12-49.00S…
- HYDROPAC 2952/23 · Surveys2023-09-14 → 2023-09-26Survey operations in progress until 25 sep by M/V marion dufresne in area bound by 12-35.00S 046-10.00E,…
- HYDROPAC 2453/23 · Incidents2023-07-27 → 2023-08-11Six meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue moroni harbor (11-42.00S 043-14.54E) and return
- HYDROPAC 2168/23 · Exercises2023-07-03 → 2023-07-05Hazardous operations 050500Z to 050900Z jul in area bound by 12-33.00S 045-11.00E, 12-35.00S 044-53.00E,…
- HYDROPAC 1948/23 · Incidents2023-06-11 → 2023-06-30F/V ND517, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island to mayotte
- HYDROPAC 1889/23 · Incidents2023-06-06 → 2023-06-23Six meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from hantsindzi (11-26.00S 043-24.00E)
- HYDROPAC 1794/23 · Incidents2023-05-29 → 2023-06-16F/V, yellow and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue grand comoros island (11-55.00S 043-30.00E) to…
- HYDROPAC 1793/23 · Incidents2023-05-29 → 2023-06-16F/V, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-14.00S 044-19.00E) to mayotte island (12-58.00S…
- HYDROPAC 1698/23 · Incidents2023-05-22 → 2023-06-09Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1256/23 · Exercises2023-04-15 → 2023-04-19Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 0900Z and 1100Z to 1500Z daily 18 and 19 apr in areas within two miles of: a.…
- HYDROPAC 1247/23 · Exercises2023-04-14 → 2023-04-19Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1500Z daily 18 and 19 apr in area bound by 12-33.00S 045-11.00E, 12-35.00S…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.