South China Sea

IHO sea area 49 · 102° to 122° E, -3° to 26° N

in force
10
last 12 months
6
since 1993
2,321
categories
13

In force now · 10

  1. HYDROPAC 2249/26 · Surveys2026-08-06
    Survey operations by vessel PXGEO 2 towing eight 5-mile cables continue until 31 December in Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea; wide berth requested.
  2. NAVAREA XI 356/26 · Cable ops2026-08-06
    Seismic survey by vessel PXGEO 2 towing eight 5-mile cables in the southern Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea until 31 December 2026.
  3. HYDROPAC 2099/26 · Cable ops2026-07-21
    Cable operations are underway in the East China Sea by the cableship ILE DE RE until further notice; wide berth requested.
  4. NAVAREA XI 329/26 · Cable ops2026-07-21
    Cable ship Ile de Re is laying submarine cable in the Taiwan Strait until further notice.
  5. HYDROPAC 2412/25 · Wrecks2025-09-19
    Dangerous wreck in South China Sea off Vietnam at 10-22.31N 107-46.96E.
  6. NAVAREA XI 437/25 · Wrecks2025-09-19
    Sunken wreck exists in northern South China Sea at 10-22.31N 107-46.96E.
  7. NAVAREA XI 435/23 · Nav aids2023-12-04
    The Manila NAVTEX station at 14 degrees 30.3 minutes north, 121 degrees 3.9 minutes east is inoperative until further notice.
  8. NAVAREA XI 153/20 · Wrecks2020-04-06
    A yellow observation buoy is reported at 19-20.6N 113-45.9E in the northern South China Sea on 04 Apr.
  9. NAVAREA XI 664/19 · Wrecks2019-11-21
    An oil rig is reported to exist in the southern South China Sea at 07-42.1N 107-55.8E.
  10. NAVAREA XI 132/19 · Wrecks2019-03-07
    An oil rig is reported at 07-47.5N 108-12.0E in the southern South China Sea, and previous warnings are cancelled.

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA XI 132/19 · Wrecks2019-03-07
    An oil rig is reported at 07-47.5N 108-12.0E in the southern South China Sea, and previous warnings are cancelled.
  2. NAVAREA XI 664/19 · Wrecks2019-11-21
    An oil rig is reported to exist in the southern South China Sea at 07-42.1N 107-55.8E.
  3. NAVAREA XI 153/20 · Wrecks2020-04-06
    A yellow observation buoy is reported at 19-20.6N 113-45.9E in the northern South China Sea on 04 Apr.
  4. NAVAREA XI 435/23 · Nav aids2023-12-04
    The Manila NAVTEX station at 14 degrees 30.3 minutes north, 121 degrees 3.9 minutes east is inoperative until further notice.
  5. NAVAREA XI 437/25 · Wrecks2025-09-19
    Sunken wreck exists in northern South China Sea at 10-22.31N 107-46.96E.

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By category · since 1997

Cable ops57025%
Exercises56024%
Other30713%
Derelicts30313%
Wrecks1547%
Piracy1376%
Surveys1356%
Nav aids502%
Missiles492%
Containers352%
Debris131%
Towing70%
Volcanic10%

Archive · 2,311 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 964/19 · Derelicts2019-03-24 → 2019-03-24
    Derelict vessel mysthic adrift on fire in 03-04N 105-02E at 240400Z mar
  2. HYDROPAC 856/19 · Derelicts2019-03-15 → 2019-03-16
    F/V py 96699 ts, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 13-08N 110-35E at 142200Z mar
  3. HYDROPAC 852/19 · Wrecks2019-03-14 → 2019-03-15
    Dangerous wreck in 21-24.08N 108-02.70E
  4. HYDROPAC 851/19 · Derelicts2019-03-14 → 2019-03-17
    Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 19-19.3N 113-00.8E
  5. HYDROPAC 775/19 · Derelicts2019-03-08 → 2019-03-11
    Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 20-14.37N 115-45.69E
  6. HYDROPAC 737/19 · Cable ops2019-03-05 → 2019-03-17
    Cable operations 052200Z to 170001Z mar by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 20-16.3N 121-29.6E, 20-36.9N…
  7. HYDROPAC 727/19 · Wrecks2019-03-04 → 2019-03-06
    Dangerous wreck in 10-16.55N 107-08.10E
  8. HYDROPAC 653/19 · Exercises2019-02-26 → 2019-03-29
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 1000Z commencing daily 28 feb, 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21, and 24 thru 28…
  9. HYDROPAC 652/19 · Exercises2019-02-26 → 2019-03-29
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0830Z commencing daily 28 feb, 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21 and 24 thru 28…
  10. HYDROPAC 651/19 · Exercises2019-02-26 → 2019-03-29
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0900Z commencing daily 28 feb, 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21 and 24 thru 28…
  11. HYDROPAC 593/19 · Wrecks2019-02-21 → 2020-01-17
    Dangerous wreck in 09-14.33N 106-59.00E
  12. HYDROPAC 584/19 · Wrecks2019-02-21 → 2020-07-10
    Dangerous wreck in 02-35.2S 109-14.6E
  13. HYDROPAC 579/19 · Missiles2019-02-20 → 2019-02-23
    Hazardous operations, rocket launching 212200Z to 220500Z feb, alternate 222200Z to 230500Z feb in area…
  14. HYDROPAC 559/19 · Wrecks2019-02-17 → 2022-03-18
    Dangerous wreck in vicinity 20-35.49N 107-00.30E
  15. HYDROPAC 517/19 · Surveys2019-02-14 → 2019-03-22
    Survey operations 15 feb thru 29 mar by M/V skandi hawk in vicinity of trackline joining 11-38.5N 118-54.3E,…
  16. HYDROPAC 506/19 · Wrecks2019-02-14 → 2019-02-18
    Dangerous wreck in 01-20.3N 104-21.4E
  17. HYDROPAC 390/19 · Cable ops2019-02-02 → 2019-02-08
    Cable operations in progress until 07 feb by cableship asean restorer in area bound by 02-23.9N 104-40.4E,…
  18. HYDROPAC 386/19 · Other2019-02-01 → 2019-02-12
    M/V apl vancouver on fire in vicinity 11-28N 109-05E at 010808Z feb
  19. HYDROPAC 369/19 · Other2019-02-01 → 2019-02-01
    M/V apl vancouver on fire in vicinity 11-42N 109-19E at 010135Z feb
  20. HYDROPAC 358/19 · Other2019-01-31 → 2019-02-01
    M/V apl vancouver on fire in vicinity 12-47N 109-25E at 310720Z jan

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