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% |
| Debris | 3 | 1% |
| Spills | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 3 | 1% |
| Volcanic | 2 | 0% |
| Structures | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 570 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 1980/07 · Incidents2007-11-11 → 2008-02-0372 meter M/V vogue, 42 persons on board, overdue mahajanga (15-41S 046-21E) to moroni (11-39S 043-14E)
- HYDROPAC 1968/07 · Nav aids2007-11-09 → 2007-11-21Nga chart 61450 (2ND ed)
- HYDROPAC 1712/07 · Incidents2007-10-04 → 2007-12-02Eight meter F/V, two person on board, overdue grande comores (11-30S 043-40E) to moheli island (12-30S…
- HYDROPAC 1439/07 · Incidents2007-08-16 → 2007-08-1958 foot M/V trinity II, white hull, four persons on board, sustained some damage, low on fuel, limited…
- HYDROLANT 1430/07 · Incidents2007-08-16 → 2007-08-1658 foot M/V trinity II, white hull, four persons on board, sustained some damage, low on fuel, limited…
- HYDROPAC 1210/07 · Surveys2007-07-12 → 2007-08-13Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V fugro gauss within one km of trackline between…
- HYDROPAC 633/07 · Nav aids2007-04-07 → 2008-02-03Baixo ribeiro light 25-54.6S 032-48.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 622/07 · Nav aids2007-04-06 → 2008-02-10Cap douamougno light 12-39.0S 045-06.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 566/07 · Nav aids2007-03-28 → 2007-12-20Ile europa light 22-19.15S 040-20.40E unlit
- HYDROPAC 405/07 · Nav aids2007-03-06 → 2007-03-08Ile europa light 22-19.1S 040-20.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 375/07 · Incidents2007-03-01 → 2007-04-14Six meter F/V tama safari, white hull, two persons on board, overdue vicinity bandrele (12-50S 045-10E)
- HYDROPAC 355/07 · Incidents2007-02-26 → 2007-04-14Five meter F/V, white hull with blue band, five persons on board, unreported moheli island (12-30S 044-50E)…
- HYDROPAC 2515/06 · Incidents2006-12-22 → 2006-12-24Jet ski, two persons on board, reported overdue at 221300Z dec, inhassoro (21-32S 035-11E) to bartolomeu…
- HYDROPAC 2420/06 · Incidents2006-12-11 → 2007-01-24Seven meter F/V mwafaka, white hull, three persons on board overdue madagascar (16-13S 044-26E) and mayotte…
- HYDROPAC 2264/06 · Incidents2006-11-21 → 2007-01-1035 foot S/V kuymika, cream hull, overdue reunion (21-00S 055-30E) to richards bay (28-47S 032-05E)
- HYDROPAC 2235/06 · Exercises2006-11-17 → 2006-11-22Gunnery exercises 211100Z to 211300Z and 221130Z to 221230Z nov within five miles of 12-36S 045-19E
- HYDROPAC 1980/06 · Incidents2006-10-15 → 2006-11-3030 meter M/V lga 1, blue hull, 11 persons on board, overdue
- USGS-USP000ETRN · Quakes2006-09-24 → 2006-09-27237 km w of maintirano, madagascar
- HYDROPAC 1810/06 · Other2006-09-15 → 2006-09-22Gas cylinders adrift east of mayotte island (12-50S 045-10E)
- HYDROPAC 1772/06 · Incidents2006-09-11 → 2006-09-1345 meter M/V al moubarak shipwrecked vicinity mayotte island (12-30S 045-00E)
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.