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 1408/11 · Incidents2011-05-10 → 2011-05-11Man overboard from S/V walkabout vicinity 16-33.4S 039-44.7E at 100400Z may
- HYDROPAC 1350/11 · Surveys2011-05-03 → 2011-06-23Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V anadarko and M/V belford dolphin in 10-59.4S…
- HYDROPAC 990/11 · Incidents2011-03-29 → 2011-04-30Distress signal received from F/V, 12 persons on board, in 12-46.80S 044-45.16E at 281200Z mar
- HYDROPAC 832/11 · Cable ops2011-03-17 → 2011-03-25Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship chamarel within three miles of 23-24S 043-06E
- HYDROPAC 780/11 · Incidents2011-03-13 → 2011-03-13Distress signal received in 13-01.0S 042-21.0E at 130219Z mar
- HYDROPAC 548/11 · Incidents2011-02-19 → 2011-03-12Man overboard from vessel east of anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) on 18 feb
- HYDROPAC 476/11 · Surveys2011-02-11 → 2011-04-26Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V anadarko in 10-46.7S 040-57.2E
- HYDROPAC 11/11 · Piracy2011-01-01 → 2011-01-08F/V attacked in 13-09S 048-49E at 011321Z jan
- HYDROPAC 9/11 · Piracy2011-01-01 → 2011-01-15F/V pirated in 14-28S 041-42E at 311934Z dec
- HYDROPAC 2976/10 · Incidents2010-12-29 → 2011-02-1229 meter F/V VEGA-5 overdue
- HYDROPAC 2916/10 · Incidents2010-12-26 → 2010-12-26Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 2912/10 · Incidents2010-12-25 → 2011-02-1212 meter S/V trinita, nine persons on board, unreported vicinity nosy be (13-20S 048-15E)
- HYDROPAC 2867/10 · Incidents2010-12-22 → 2011-02-12Nine meter M/V venture, three persons on board, unreported madagascar (20-00S 047-00E) to richards bay…
- HYDROPAC 2741/10 · Surveys2010-12-10 → 2011-02-11Underwater operations 15 dec until further notice by M/V anadarko in 11-09.6S 040-48.0E
- HYDROPAC 2046/10 · Incidents2010-10-03 → 2010-10-23Man overboard from S/V blue note in 25-53.92S 038-21.91E at 030510Z oct
- HYDROPAC 1870/10 · Incidents2010-09-14 → 2010-09-23Distress signal received from seven meter F/V dhoimir saindou, white hull, one person on board, vicinity…
- HYDROPAC 1803/10 · Incidents2010-09-06 → 2010-10-236.5 meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue comoros island (12-08.4S 044-15.0E)
- HYDROPAC 1717/10 · Surveys2010-08-24 → 2010-10-23Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V anadarko and M/V belford dolping in 10-45.7S…
- HYDROPAC 1659/10 · Cable ops2010-08-16 → 2010-09-20Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship chamarel in 23-24.4S 043-06.2E
- HYDROPAC 1593/10 · Incidents2010-08-06 → 2010-09-18Six meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue to grand comoros (11-35S 043-20E)
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.