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 2342/08 · Derelicts2008-11-28 → 2008-12-05
    Derelict six meter F/V adrift vicinity 21-43.4N 114-50.9E at 280525Z nov
  2. HYDROPAC 2323/08 · Exercises2008-11-26 → 2008-12-31
    Gunnery exercises 0100Z to 0900Z daily 01 thru 05, 08 thru 12, 15 thru 19, 22 thru 26 and 29 thru 31 dec…
  3. HYDROPAC 2300/08 · Cable ops2008-11-23 → 2009-01-01
    Cable repair operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V cable retriever along tracklines between: a.…
  4. HYDROPAC 2290/08 · Derelicts2008-11-21 → 2008-11-23
    Derelict 111 meter barge bulker adrift vicinity of 20-19.5N 115-40.2E at 191210Z nov
  5. HYDROPAC 2255/08 · Cable ops2008-11-15 → 2008-12-25
    Cable laying operations 17 nov until further notice by cableship rene descartes vicinity of trackline…
  6. HYDROPAC 2123/08 · Cable ops2008-10-29 → 2008-12-16
    Seismic survey in progress until 15 dec by M/V cgg harmattan towing six 6000 meter long cables in area bound…
  7. HYDROPAC 2118/08 · Exercises2008-10-29 → 2008-11-28
    Gunnery exercises 0100Z to 0900Z daily 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21 and 24 thru 28 nov within 15 miles…
  8. HYDROPAC 2062/08 · Cable ops2008-10-22 → 2008-11-11
    Seismic survey in progress until 10 nov by M/V orient explorer towing five mile long cable in area bound by…
  9. HYDROPAC 2044/08 · Exercises2008-10-19 → 2008-10-24
    Gunnery exercises 240900Z to 241300Z oct within 15 miles of 22-44.9N 119-35.5E
  10. HYDROPAC 1966/08 · Exercises2008-10-08 → 2008-10-31
    Gunnery exercises 0100Z to 0900Z daily 08, 09, 13 thru 17, 20 thru 24 and 27 thru 31 oct within 15 miles of…
  11. HYDROPAC 1953/08 · Piracy2008-10-05 → 2008-10-19
    Nga chart 71445 (1ST ed)
  12. HYDROPAC 1950/08 · Piracy2008-10-05 → 2008-10-19
    Nga chart 71450 (1ST ed)
  13. HYDROPAC 1921/08 · Piracy2008-10-01 → 2008-10-15
    Nga chart 71027 (9TH ed)
  14. HYDROPAC 1915/08 · Derelicts2008-09-30 → 2008-10-07
    Derelict M/V yinson power 1 and yinson power 5 adrift vicinity 15-15.47N 110-32.87E on 29 sep
  15. HYDROPAC 1913/08 · Derelicts2008-09-30 → 2008-10-04
    Derelict barge adrift vicinity 15-52.0N 110-49.7E at 290430Z sep
  16. HYDROPAC 1912/08 · Nav aids2008-09-30 → 2008-10-10
    Nga chart 71033 (31ST ed)
  17. HYDROPAC 1856/08 · Derelicts2008-09-22 → 2008-09-29
    Derelict vessel, brown and green hull, adrift in 05-43.4N 110-26.1E
  18. HYDROPAC 1834/08 · Cable ops2008-09-20 → 2008-10-11
    Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes vicinity of trackline…
  19. HYDROPAC 1829/08 · Cable ops2008-09-19 → 2008-10-19
    Seismic survey in progress until 18 oct by M/V mezen towing 8000 meter long cable in area bound by 05-34N…
  20. HYDROPAC 1814/08 · Cable ops2008-09-17 → 2008-10-16
    Cable laying operations 19 sep thru 15 oct by cableship fu hai vicinity of trackline joining 19-14.3N…

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