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 2862/20 · Surveys2020-10-02 → 2020-10-06Survey operations in progress until 23 oct by M/V marion dufresne in area bound by 12-38S 045-22E, 12-48S…
- HYDROPAC 2648/20 · Derelicts2020-09-11 → 2020-09-14Derelict vessel, green and white hull, adrift in 12-26.47S 045-04.00E
- HYDROPAC 2615/20 · Derelicts2020-09-07 → 2020-09-10Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 12-58S 044-58E
- HYDROPAC 2603/20 · Nav aids2020-09-06 → 2020-09-11No two range, front light 25-59-52S 032-34-43E unlit
- HYDROPAC 2313/20 · Incidents2020-08-05 → 2020-08-21Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 2154/20 · Incidents2020-07-21 → 2020-08-07Seven meter F/V, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1735/20 · Incidents2020-06-11 → 2020-06-26Seven meter F/V, white hull, four persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 1547/20 · Incidents2020-05-24 → 2020-06-12Nine meter S/V, blue hull, nine persons on board, overdue nosy be (13-16S 048-09E) to mayotte island (12-58S…
- HYDROPAC 1479/20 · Nav aids2020-05-18 → 2020-07-24Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31-20S 036-31-27E
- HYDROPAC 1342/20 · Surveys2020-05-02 → 2020-05-17Survey operations 04 thru 16 may by M/V champlain and M/V fugro gauss in area bound by 12-39S 045-18E,…
- HYDROPAC 1124/20 · Other2020-04-07 → 2020-04-10One meter bamboo adrift in vicinity 12-26S 045-27E
- HYDROPAC 803/20 · Derelicts2020-03-10 → 2020-03-13Debris from sunken vessel adrift in vicinity 12-50.60S 044-45.07E
- HYDROPAC 652/20 · Nav aids2020-02-24 → 2020-07-17Baizos da boa paz light 24-57.9S 034-10.2E unlit
- HYDROPAC 591/20 · Derelicts2020-02-18 → 2020-02-21Derelict vessel submerged and adrift in 20-31S 038-35E at 181650Z feb
- HYDROPAC 55/20 · Incidents2020-01-04 → 2020-01-24Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
- HYDROPAC 4268/19 · Incidents2019-12-27 → 2020-01-10Distress signal received from canoe, two persons on board, in vicinity 12-00S 044-00E
- HYDROPAC 3278/19 · Volcanic2019-10-03 → 2022-03-18Volcanic activity reported in 12-54S 045-43E
- HYDROPAC 3072/19 · Volcanic2019-09-19 → 2019-10-03Volcanic activity reported in 12-54S 045-43E
- HYDROPAC 2623/19 · Other2019-08-14 → 2019-08-3012 meter S/V ZAP1, white hull with blue and red stripes, unreported nosy be island (13-20S 048-15E) to…
- HYDROPAC 2443/19 · Nav aids2019-07-30 → 2020-01-02Ilha de mafamede light 16-21.2S 040-01.8E 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.