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
Longest in force
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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 801/04 · Nav aids2004-05-04 → 2005-05-04Cap douamougno light 12-39.0S 045-06.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 800/04 · Nav aids2004-05-04 → 2004-06-25Europa island light 22-19.1S 040-20.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 453/04 · Nav aids2004-03-10 → 2004-05-04Europa island light 22-19.1S 040-20.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 308/04 · Nav aids2004-02-18 → 2004-05-04Ile m'songoma rear range light 12-41.9S 045-07.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 307/04 · Nav aids2004-02-18 → 2004-05-04Cap douamougno light 12-39.0S 045-06.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 303/04 · Incidents2004-02-16 → 2004-02-27Distress signal received from vessel ARPEN-1 in 19-49.27S 034-50.14E
- HYDROPAC 299/04 · Incidents2004-02-16 → 2004-02-23Derelict 15 meter vessel, red and white hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 12-41S 046-17E on 13 feb
- HYDROPAC 298/04 · Nav aids2004-02-16 → 2004-03-18Ile juan de nova light 17-03.1S 042-41.8E unlit
- HYDROPAC 257/04 · Nav aids2004-02-11 → 2004-03-10Europa island light 22-19.1S 040-20.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 242/04 · Nav aids2004-02-07 → 2004-02-18HYDROPAC 242/04
- HYDROPAC 240/04 · Nav aids2004-02-07 → 2004-02-18Cancel HYDROPAC 237/04, vessel located
- HYDROPAC 41/04 · Incidents2004-01-10 → 2004-02-24Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-23.9S 048-13.0E at 090815Z jan
- HYDROPAC 2244/03 · Incidents2003-12-28 → 2004-02-14Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-23S 043-39E at 280233Z dec
- HYDROPAC 2123/03 · Nav aids2003-12-05 → 2004-01-17Ponta do diabo light 12-44.8S 040-38.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1998/03 · Nav aids2003-11-20 → 2004-02-16Ile juan de nova light 17-03.1S 042-41.8E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1970/03 · Surveys2003-11-14 → 2003-11-23Survey operations 170600Z to 230600Z nov by M/V charles darwin along trackline between 17-15S 043-01E and…
- HYDROPAC 1843/03 · Nav aids2003-10-24 → 2003-12-06Ponta maunhane light 12-58.3S 040-35.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1842/03 · Nav aids2003-10-24 → 2003-12-06Ponta da barra light 23-47.5S 035-32.3E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1820/03 · Incidents2003-10-20 → 2003-12-06Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 40 meter S/V mary frances in 13-24.5S 048-13.0E
- HYDROPAC 1806/03 · Nav aids2003-10-18 → 2003-11-20Ile juan de nova light 17-03.1S 042-41.8E 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.