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 771/09 · Surveys2009-04-17 → 2009-05-02Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas in area bound by 12-26S 041-55E,…
- HYDROPAC 710/09 · Incidents2009-04-08 → 2009-04-25Man overboard from M/V san alesio vicinity 21-19.0S 038-53.7E at 071700Z apr
- HYDROPAC 700/09 · Incidents2009-04-07 → 2009-04-08Man overboard from M/V san alessio vicinity 20-55S 039-15E at 071000Z apr
- HYDROPAC 698/09 · Surveys2009-04-07 → 2009-04-17Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas along trackline joining 11-40.1S…
- HYDROPAC 471/09 · Nav aids2009-03-04 → 2009-03-30Nga chart 61150 (4TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 320/09 · Incidents2009-02-10 → 2009-03-28Seven meter F/V baraka, white hull, three persons on board, unreported mayotte (12-58S 045-08E) to geyser…
- HYDROPAC 279/09 · Nav aids2009-02-04 → 2009-04-04Nga chart 61160 (3RD ed)
- HYDROPAC 2132/08 · Incidents2008-10-30 → 2008-12-13Four F/V unreported vicinity comoros (11-39S 043-14E)
- HYDROPAC 2010/08 · Incidents2008-10-15 → 2008-11-293 meter F/V patrosse, white and grey hull, two persons on board, overdue mayotte (12-46.8S 045-15.2E) to…
- HYDROPAC 1668/08 · Incidents2008-08-28 → 2008-10-115 meter F/V espadon, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1632/08 · Incidents2008-08-24 → 2008-10-11Eight meter F/V founera, grey hull, three persons on board, overdue dzaoudzi, mayotte (12-46.8S 045-15.2E)…
- HYDROPAC 1238/08 · Cable ops2008-07-01 → 2008-09-23Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V munin explorer towing 6000 meter long cable in area…
- HYDROPAC 1060/08 · Surveys2008-06-03 → 2008-06-12Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V teknik perdana towing 5000 meter long cable within…
- HYDROPAC 979/08 · Cable ops2008-05-20 → 2008-06-13Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geo mariner in areas bound by: a. 20-30.0S 035-40.0E,…
- HYDROPAC 941/08 · Surveys2008-05-15 → 2008-06-18Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V utec surveyor towing 2000 meter long cable along…
- HYDROPAC 870/08 · Surveys2008-05-06 → 2008-05-21Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V geo challenger in area bound by 11-59.9S…
- HYDROPAC 836/08 · Nav aids2008-05-02 → 2008-06-13Nga chart 61180 (4TH ed)
- HYDROPAC 319/08 · Derelicts2008-02-20 → 2008-02-26Derelict vessel on fire and adrift in 14-02.8S 042-06.4E
- HYDROPAC 2194/07 · Incidents2007-12-13 → 2007-12-14Seven meter F/V mahaba mema, white hull, two persons on board, overdue mayotte island (12-50S 045-09E) to…
- HYDROPAC 2185/07 · Incidents2007-12-12 → 2008-02-03S/V gabriel, two persons on board, unreported richards bay (28-47S 032-05E) to inhambane (23-47S 035-31E)
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.