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% |
| Restricted | 3 | 1% |
| Debris | 3 | 1% |
| Spills | 3 | 1% |
| Volcanic | 2 | 0% |
| Structures | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 572 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 751/01 · Nav aids2001-05-17 → 2001-05-25Ilha de goa light 15-03.2S 040-47.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 750/01 · Nav aids2001-05-17 → 2002-03-01Ponta romero light 12-57.0S 040-30.5E unlit
- HYDROPAC 749/01 · Nav aids2001-05-17 → 2002-03-01Said ali light 12-55.7S 040-30.9E unlit
- HYDROPAC 748/01 · Nav aids2001-05-17 → 2002-03-01Tambuzi light 11-22.1S 040-39.2E unlit
- HYDROPAC 744/01 · Incidents2001-05-16 → 2001-06-29Seven meter F/V, two persons on board, unreported mayotte island and return
- HYDROPAC 429/01 · Incidents2001-03-20 → 2001-03-215 meter M/V deadly invader, white hull, five persons on board, unreported anjouan to mayotte
- HYDROPAC 390/01 · Nav aids2001-03-13 → 2001-05-18HYDROPAC 390/01
- HYDROPAC 233/01 · Incidents2001-02-14 → 2001-02-14Distress signal received from S/V nixe II in 12-01.8S 049-04.3E
- HYDROPAC 231/01 · Incidents2001-02-13 → 2001-03-30Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V nixe II in 12-01.8S 049-04.3E
- HYDROPAC 1302/00 · Nav aids2000-09-01 → 2001-11-02Boa paz light 24-58.0S 034-10.3E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1210/00 · Incidents2000-08-15 → 2000-08-15Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V arbumasa IV vicinity 17-39.5S 037-59.4E
- HYDROPAC 1209/00 · Incidents2000-08-15 → 2000-08-15Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz and 406 mhz vicinity 17-16.2S 038-29.0E
- HYDROPAC 1208/00 · Incidents2000-08-15 → 2000-08-15Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz and 406 mhz vicinity 17-27.5S 039-24.2E
- HYDROPAC 1184/00 · Nav aids2000-08-10 → 2001-06-01Ponta zavora light 24-31.2S 035-12.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1183/00 · Nav aids2000-08-10 → 2001-06-01Ponta da barra falsa light 22-57.0S 035-35.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 1019/00 · Nav aids2000-07-10 → 2000-08-15Maputo buoy 1N 25-38.2S 032-53.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 893/00 · Incidents2000-06-16 → 2000-07-28Last known position 26-20S 032-55E
- HYDROPAC 427/00 · Incidents2000-03-11 → 2000-04-28Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-51-22S 035-24-28E
- HYDROPAC 15/00 · Nav aids2000-01-03 → 2000-03-10Fairway buoy a 19-56.2S 035-02.8E off station
- HYDROPAC 1445/99 · Incidents1999-12-24 → 1999-12-24Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel biruza in 25-36.05S 033-42.51E at 240328Z dec
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.