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 1505/03 · Nav aids2003-09-01 → 2003-10-18Ile juan de nova light 17-03.1S 042-41.8E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1447/03 · Nav aids2003-08-22 → 2003-09-01Juan de nova light 17-03.0S 042-42.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1110/03 · Nav aids2003-06-27 → 2003-11-22Ponta da barra falsa light 22-57.1S 035-35.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 663/03 · Incidents2003-04-14 → 2003-05-3126 foot M/V, blue hull, five persons on board, disabled in 23-10S 043-30E at 132000Z apr
- HYDROPAC 518/03 · Derelicts2003-03-22 → 2003-03-24Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 12-20S 046-30E
- HYDROPAC 487/03 · Nav aids2003-03-19 → 2003-04-29Vilhena light 18-05.8S 036-55.3E unlit
- HYDROPAC 436/03 · Nav aids2003-03-11 → 2003-04-29Ponta matirre light 17-16.6S 038-11.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1440/02 · Containers2002-08-08 → 2002-08-1528 containers adrift vicinity 11-55.3S 043-24.0E at 080600Z aug
- HYDROPAC 904/02 · Nav aids2002-05-14 → 2002-06-14HYDROPAC 904/02
- HYDROPAC 685/02 · Nav aids2002-04-13 → 2002-06-14Ponta matirre light 17-16.6S 038-11.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 684/02 · Nav aids2002-04-13 → 2002-06-14Ilha de goa light 15-03.2S 040-47.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 274/02 · Cable ops2002-02-13 → 2002-03-01Underwater cable operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 25-56.0S 033-37.8E,…
- HYDROPAC 1781/01 · Incidents2001-11-04 → 2001-11-04Distress signal received on 2182 khz from vessel yanicke, nine persons on board, vicinity 17-00S 041-00E
- HYDROPAC 1765/01 · Incidents2001-11-02 → 2001-12-14M/V port cervo requires emergency medical assistance vicinity 13-29S 045-52E
- HYDROPAC 1764/01 · Nav aids2001-11-02 → 2001-11-30Cancel HYDROPAC 822/01
- HYDROPAC 1446/01 · Incidents2001-09-04 → 2001-10-16Seven meter vessel, six persons on board, unreported majunga (15-44S 046-18E) to anjajavy (15-02S 047-14E)
- HYDROPAC 1177/01 · Other2001-07-25 → 2001-08-04Barge manica alfa sunk vicinity 25-20S 033-20E at 250827Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1054/01 · Nav aids2001-07-06 → 2002-05-03Ponta matirre light 17-16.6S 038-11.0E changed to: fl (2+1) 12 sec
- HYDROPAC 991/01 · Incidents2001-06-27 → 2001-06-29F/V, white and orange hull, four persons on board, unreported mayotte island to geyser reef (12-25S 046-10E)…
- HYDROPAC 822/01 · Nav aids2001-05-28 → 2001-11-02HYDROPAC 822/01
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.