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 · 572 cancelled
- 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)
- HYDROPAC 1763/06 · Incidents2006-09-11 → 2006-09-1145 meter M/V al moubarak, 75 persons on board, overdue comoros island (12-30S 045-00E)
- HYDROPAC 1124/06 · Incidents2006-06-18 → 2006-06-19Seven meter F/V mahaba mema, white hull, two persons on board, unreported
- HYDROPAC 909/06 · Nav aids2006-05-16 → 2006-06-01Juan de nova light 17-02.92S 042-42.60E unlit
- HYDROPAC 568/06 · Incidents2006-04-02 → 2006-05-17Distress signal received from vessel arpen III in 18-33S 036-47E at 021530Z apr
- HYDROPAC 567/06 · Incidents2006-04-02 → 2006-05-17Distress signal received vicinity 17-23S 038-24E at 021133Z apr
- HYDROPAC 534/06 · Nav aids2006-03-28 → 2008-02-03Ile m'songoma front range light 12-41.3S 045-07.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 441/06 · Nav aids2006-03-16 → 2006-03-21Ile m'songoma rear range light 12-41.9S 045-07.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 381/06 · Nav aids2006-03-07 → 2006-03-21Ile m'songoma front range light 12-41.3S 045-07.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 261/06 · Wrecks2006-02-16 → 2006-09-20Uncharted reef in 12-12.8S 044-46.1E
- HYDROPAC 254/06 · Wrecks2006-02-14 → 2006-06-06Uncharted reef reported in 12-12.8S 044-46.1E
- HYDROPAC 193/06 · Incidents2006-02-03 → 2006-02-04Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V dongwon in 24-06.13S 038-40.02E
- HYDROPAC 183/06 · Nav aids2006-02-02 → 2008-02-03Bandele passage front range light 12-52.4S 045-13.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 181/06 · Nav aids2006-02-01 → 2006-06-07Ponta matirre light 17-16.6S 038-11.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 2234/05 · Other2005-12-27 → 2006-09-20Ilha de mafamede light, red sectors 029 degrees to 049 degress and 206 degrees to 221 degrees established in…
- HYDROPAC 2153/05 · Incidents2005-12-18 → 2006-02-01Seven meter F/V, two persons on board, overdue from anjouan island (12-15S 044-25E)
- HYDROPAC 1484/05 · Incidents2005-09-12 → 2005-09-16M/V mhadana, 45 persons onboard disabled and adrift in vicinity of comoros islands (12-30S 045-00E)
- HYDROPAC 1436/05 · Nav aids2005-09-05 → 2008-02-03Juan de nova island lighthouse 17-03.0S 042-42.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1394/05 · Nav aids2005-08-28 → 2005-09-05Ile juan de nova light 17-03S 042-42E unlit
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.