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.
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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 · 570 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 3130/22 · Derelicts2022-11-06 → 2022-11-09Derelict six meter vessel adrift in 12-52.77S 045-22.67E at 041800Z nov
- HYDROPAC 2594/22 · Derelicts2022-09-19 → 2022-09-22Derelict seven meter canoe, green hull, adrift in vicinity 12-32.50S 045-05.79E
- HYDROPAC 2417/22 · Incidents2022-09-02 → 2022-09-23Six meter F/V, six to eight persons on board, overdue from comoros islands (12-16.00S 044-17.00E)
- HYDROPAC 2402/22 · Incidents2022-09-01 → 2022-09-16Six meter F/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue moroni port (11-41.93S 043-15.35E) and return
- HYDROPAC 2284/22 · Incidents2022-08-20 → 2022-09-09Eight meter vessel, grey hull, 14 persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-12.90S 044-25.50E) to mayotte…
- HYDROPAC 2236/22 · Incidents2022-08-14 → 2022-09-02190 meter M/V vishva prerna overdue
- HYDROPAC 2146/22 · Other2022-08-05 → 2022-08-08Fish aggregating device with flashing light in 13-05.61S 045-12.12E
- HYDROPAC 2142/22 · Debris2022-08-05 → 2022-08-08Ten meter fad adrift in vicinity 13-05.61S 045-12.12E
- HYDROPAC 1890/22 · Surveys2022-07-11 → 2022-07-25Survey operation in progress until 24 jul by M/V marion dufrense in area bound by 13-14.00S 045-10.00E,…
- HYDROPAC 1803/22 · Incidents2022-07-02 → 2022-07-08Six meter F/V, white and blue hull, unreported moroni (11-42.13S 043-15.31E) to mozambique (10-37.31S…
- HYDROPAC 1270/22 · Exercises2022-05-09 → 2022-05-12Gunnery exercises 120600Z to 120700Z may in area bound by 12-33.00S 045-11.00E, 13-04.00S 045-11.00E,…
- HYDROPAC 1219/22 · Exercises2022-05-04 → 2022-05-06Gunnery exercises 1130Z to 1230Z daily 05 and 06 may in area bound by 12-33.00S 045-11.00E, 13-04.00S…
- HYDROPAC 1087/22 · Nav aids2022-04-21 → 2022-04-22Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E removed
- HYDROPAC 1059/22 · Surveys2022-04-18 → 2022-05-04Survey operations 23 apr thru 06 may by M/V marion dufresne in area bound by 21-00S 038-00E, 21-00S 041-00E,…
- HYDROPAC 1057/22 · Incidents2022-04-17 → 2022-05-13F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue from comoros islands (12-16S 044-17E)
- HYDROPAC 1050/22 · Incidents2022-04-16 → 2022-05-13F/V, blue and orange hull, two persons on board, overdue from comoros islands (12-08S 044-15E)
- HYDROPAC 731/22 · Derelicts2022-03-20 → 2022-03-23Inflatable boat adrift in 20-49.1S 042-32.6E
- HYDROPAC 727/22 · Incidents2022-03-20 → 2022-04-08Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 20 meter S/V lorrigray II in 20-50.6S 042-43.1E at 200115Z mar
- HYDROPAC 725/22 · Incidents2022-03-19 → 2022-03-2165 foot yacht lorrigray II, white and red hull, three persons on board, sinking in 20-48.2S 042-33.3E
- HYDROPAC 304/22 · Nav aids2022-02-03 → 2022-04-21Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E 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.