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 1220/10 · Surveys2010-06-11 → 2010-06-16Survey operations in progress until 15 jun by M/V beaupre along trackline between 12-31.28S 044-56.53E and…
- HYDROPAC 1087/10 · Piracy2010-05-26 → 2010-06-05Possible mothership activity vicinity 13-02.6S 046-50.5E
- HYDROPAC 930/10 · Cable ops2010-05-05 → 2010-05-10Cable repair operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes along trackline between…
- HYDROPAC 923/10 · Containers2010-05-05 → 2010-05-08Two containers adrift in: a. 20-40.5S 038-30.2E
- HYDROPAC 883/10 · Cable ops2010-04-27 → 2010-04-30Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 12-16.3S…
- HYDROPAC 864/10 · Cable ops2010-04-25 → 2010-04-27Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 12-09.6S…
- HYDROPAC 835/10 · Cable ops2010-04-22 → 2010-04-25Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 11-55.8S…
- HYDROPAC 831/10 · Surveys2010-04-21 → 2010-09-18Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V geowave voyager and M/V sanco chaser towing 10000…
- HYDROPAC 816/10 · Nav aids2010-04-20 → 2010-12-24Nga chart 61150 (4TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 498/10 · Cable ops2010-03-14 → 2010-04-07Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining…
- HYDROPAC 359/10 · Cable ops2010-02-24 → 2010-03-14Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining…
- HYDROPAC 275/10 · Cable ops2010-02-12 → 2010-02-15Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by M/V blue castor along trackline joining 25-49.7S…
- HYDROPAC 2212/09 · Derelicts2009-11-26 → 2009-11-29Vessel partially submerged and adrift in 13-27.2S 045-14.6E
- HYDROPAC 2092/09 · Piracy2009-11-13 → 2009-12-05A merchant vessel reported being attacked by pirates in 11-26.63S 043-41.99E at 130720Z nov, approximately…
- HYDROPAC 1333/09 · Incidents2009-07-26 → 2009-08-0829 meter M/V koropa, 35 persons on board, disabled and flooding in 13-36S 045-36E at 252240Z jul
- HYDROPAC 991/09 · Incidents2009-05-24 → 2009-07-115 meter F/V nadine, white hull, two persons on board, overdue to mayotte (12-50.0S 045-10.0E)
- HYDROPAC 866/09 · Incidents2009-05-01 → 2009-06-1321 meter S/V zanatany zaine, white hull, three persons on board, overdue mayotte (12-50S 045-10E) to…
- HYDROPAC 845/09 · Surveys2009-04-30 → 2009-05-11Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas along trackline joining 26-25S…
- HYDROPAC 836/09 · Surveys2009-04-28 → 2009-04-30Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas along trackline joining 24-51S…
- HYDROPAC 798/09 · Surveys2009-04-21 → 2009-04-21Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas in area bound by 23-12S 042-18E,…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.