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 · 570 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 2248/19 · Surveys2019-07-11 → 2019-08-01Survey operations by M/V marion dufresne: a. 13 and 14 jul in area bound by 12-42S 045-22E, 12-50S 045-20E,…
- HYDROPAC 2214/19 · Incidents2019-07-08 → 2019-07-11Derelict vessel, white hull, partially submerged capsized and adrift in 12-40.23S 044-57.13E
- HYDROPAC 2204/19 · Derelicts2019-07-07 → 2019-07-10Derelict seven meter vessel, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 12-40-23S 044-57-13E
- HYDROPAC 1868/19 · Surveys2019-06-07 → 2019-06-11Survey operations in progress until 17 jun by M/V marion dufresne towing equipment in area bound by 12-20S…
- HYDROPAC 1799/19 · Incidents2019-06-01 → 2019-06-21F/V, white and blue hull, three persons onboard, disabled and adrift in 12-52.55S 046-13.58E at 011628Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1739/19 · Nav aids2019-05-27 → 2020-05-18Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31.3S 036-31.5E
- HYDROPAC 1641/19 · Incidents2019-05-15 → 2019-05-18Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 22-15S 036-32E, 22-50S 036-50E
- HYDROPAC 1596/19 · Nav aids2019-05-11 → 2019-05-27Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31.3S 036-31.5E
- HYDROPAC 1476/19 · Surveys2019-05-02 → 2019-05-20Survey operations in progress until 19 may by M/V marion dufresne towing equipment in area bound by 12-15S…
- HYDROPAC 1022/19 · Nav aids2019-03-27 → 2020-01-02Ile juan de nova light 17-03.0S 042-42.6E unlit
- HYDROPAC 963/19 · Derelicts2019-03-23 → 2019-03-26Derelict S/V, white and red hull, adrift in vicinity 17-30S 043-56E
- HYDROPAC 953/19 · Derelicts2019-03-22 → 2019-03-25Derelict vessel adrift in 19-53S 034-52E
- HYDROPAC 918/19 · Debris2019-03-20 → 2019-04-12Debris field reported in vicinity 20-27-12S 039-54-18E on 20 mar
- HYDROPAC 765/19 · Nav aids2019-03-07 → 2020-01-02Lights unlit: a. ponta zavora light 24-31.4S 035-11.8E
- HYDROPAC 633/19 · Cable ops2019-02-25 → 2019-03-01Cable operations in progress until 28 feb by cableship leon thevenin in area bound by 12-48.0S 045-13.6E,…
- HYDROPAC 574/19 · Cable ops2019-02-19 → 2019-02-25Cable operations 19 thru 28 feb by cableship leon thevenin in 12-54S 045-17E
- HYDROPAC 3696/18 · Incidents2018-10-11 → 2018-10-26S/V moyo reports female with appendicitis on board in 16-27S 041-04E
- HYDROPAC 3471/18 · Derelicts2018-09-22 → 2018-09-25Derelict ten meter F/V pannagia adrift in 14-36.61S 044-37.08E at 141000Z sep
- HYDROPAC 3346/18 · Derelicts2018-09-14 → 2018-09-17Derelict ten meter F/V pannagia adrift in 14-36.61S 044-37.08E at 141000Z sep
- HYDROPAC 3328/18 · Derelicts2018-09-12 → 2018-09-15Derelict ten meter F/V pannagia adrift in 14-59.32S 044-52.49E at 122107Z sep
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.