Sulu Sea
IHO sea area 48a · 117° to 123° E, 5° to 13° N
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- archive messages
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What the archive shows
134 messages are recorded since 1997-05-12 for the Sulu Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Exercises accounts for 43 of 134 recorded messages (32%), 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.
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| Exercises | 43 | 32% |
| Cable ops | 26 | 19% |
| Quakes | 17 | 13% |
| Incidents | 14 | 10% |
| Piracy | 13 | 10% |
| Missiles | 8 | 6% |
| Surveys | 4 | 3% |
| Nav aids | 3 | 2% |
| Towing | 2 | 1% |
| Derelicts | 2 | 1% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 1% |
| Spills | 1 | 1% |
Archive · 134 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 4133/19 · Exercises2019-12-14 → 2019-12-21Hazardous operations 19 and 20 dec in area bound by 07-41.1N 121-38.9E, 07-47.1N 121-38.9E, 07-47.1N…
- HYDROPAC 3134/19 · Piracy2019-09-24 → 2019-10-01Two F/V attacked, three persons kidnapped in 05-34.05N 119-07.05E at 230358Z sep
- HYDROPAC 2759/19 · Exercises2019-08-24 → 2019-08-31Gunnery exercises 29 and 30 aug in area bound by 07-41.7N 121-38.9E, 07-47.9N 121-38.9E, 07-47.9N 121-45.0E,…
- HYDROPAC 2740/19 · Exercises2019-08-23 → 2019-09-16Gunnery exercises 25 thru 28 aug in areas bound by: a. 11-05.5N 119-04.1E, 11-05.5N 118-59.0E, 11-00.4N…
- HYDROPAC 2506/19 · Incidents2019-08-05 → 2019-08-23Three persons overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 10-40.44N 122-35.00E on 03 aug
- HYDROPAC 2477/19 · Exercises2019-08-03 → 2019-08-09Gunnery exercises 07 and 08 aug in area bound by 09-41.0N 121-54.0E, 09-14.0N 122-48.0E, 09-21.0N 122-21.0E,…
- HYDROPAC 2378/19 · Exercises2019-07-24 → 2019-08-01Gunnery exercises 29 thru 31 jul in area bound by 06-10.4N 119-33.8E, 06-10.4N 119-44.3E, 06-00.2N…
- USGS-US70003GIG · Quakes2019-05-04 → 2019-05-078 km sw of san agustin, philippines
- HYDROPAC 1452/19 · Exercises2019-04-30 → 2019-05-06Gunnery exercises 03 thru 05 may in area bound by 13-04.5N 120-22.9E, 13-04.6N 120-17.8E, 13-09.7N…
- HYDROPAC 1247/19 · Exercises2019-04-12 → 2019-04-21Gunnery exercises 18 thru 20 apr in area bound by 05-31.8N 119-52.9E 05-31.8N 119-59.2E 05-15.6N 119-59.2E…
- HYDROPAC 1103/19 · Cable ops2019-04-01 → 2019-04-28Cable operations in progress until 27 apr by c/s cable retriever in vicinity of trackline joining 11-30.2N…
- HYDROPAC 768/19 · Exercises2019-03-07 → 2019-03-13Gunnery exercises 12 mar in area bound by 07-47-54N 121-45-00E, 07-41-42N 121-38-54E, 07-47-54N 121-38-54E
- USGS-US2000J0YP · Quakes2019-01-07 → 2019-01-1027 km nw of siocon, philippines
- HYDROPAC 2953/18 · Piracy2018-08-13 → 2018-08-20Tug boat attacked in 05-27N 119-08E on 10 aug
- HYDROPAC 2887/18 · Incidents2018-08-09 → 2018-08-24Man overboard from vessel in 08-29N 121-37E
- HYDROPAC 2530/18 · Piracy2018-07-11 → 2018-07-18M/V reports act of piracy in sandakan (05-48.1N 118-05.4E) at 100600Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2133/18 · Exercises2018-06-08 → 2018-06-16Gunnery exercises 13 thru 15 jun in area bound by 09-03.9N 119-09.3E, 09-14.9N 119-06.6E, 09-16.8N…
- HYDROPAC 1910/18 · Exercises2018-05-18 → 2018-05-23Gunnery exercises 21 and 22 may in area bound by 09-41.0N 121-54.0E, 09-14.0N 122-48.0E, 08-21.0N 122-21.0E,…
- HYDROPAC 783/17 · Piracy2017-03-06 → 2017-03-18M/V attacked in 06-20.5N 118-08.0E at 050600Z mar
- HYDROPAC 606/17 · Piracy2017-02-19 → 2017-02-26Vessel attacked in 06-09N 119-34E at 191022Z feb
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.