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 1334/99 · Nav aids1999-12-01 → 2000-01-04Fairway buoy a 19-55.9S 035-02.5E off station
- HYDROPAC 1333/99 · Nav aids1999-12-01 → 2000-03-10RACON at approach buoy 20-09.0S 035-19.6E missing
- HYDROPAC 1024/99 · Incidents1999-09-30 → 1999-10-01M/V pooja reports man with severed hand requiring medical assistance in 13-38.4S 043-38.2E
- HYDROPAC 964/99 · Nav aids1999-09-17 → 1999-10-151N buoy 25-38.1S 032-52.9E unlit
- HYDROPAC 879/99 · Nav aids1999-09-03 → 1999-10-15Vilhena light 18-05.8S 036-55.3E unlit
- HYDROPAC 451/99 · Incidents1999-05-23 → 1999-07-09M/V acor sunk in 10-38.48S 040-48.32E following collision with M/V salango at 230345Z may
- HYDROPAC 371/99 · Nav aids1999-05-03 → 1999-05-13Bazaruto light 21-32.0S 035-29.1E unlit
- HYDROPAC 137/99 · Nav aids1999-02-17 → 1999-08-27Ponta zavora light 24-31.2S 035-12.0E unlit
- HYDROPAC 53/99 · Incidents1999-01-19 → 1999-03-05Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V rio del oro in vicinity 17-32.0S 043-49.2E at 181832Z jan
- HYDROPAC 805/98 · Nav aids1998-10-17 → 1999-10-01Ilha de goa light 15-03.2S 040-47.4E unlit
- HYDROPAC 729/98 · Cable ops1998-09-18 → 1999-10-01Seismic survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ogs explorer towing 5000 meter long cable…
- NOAAORR-6884 · Spills1992-04-19 → 1992-05-03Katina p; 25 miles north of maputo, mozambique, 6 miles offshore
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.