Sulu Sea
IHO sea area 48a · 117° to 123° E, 5° to 13° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
- 9
- archive messages
- 134
- categories
- 12
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.
In force now · 0
Nothing in force in this sea right now.
By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| 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 3811/16 · Piracy2016-12-08 → 2016-12-17M/V approached by pirates in 05-29.3N 119-38.4E at 080340Z dec vessels are advised to keep clear of this…
- HYDROPAC 3629/16 · Piracy2016-11-24 → 2017-01-11M/V approached by pirates in 05-55.6N 119-50.2E at 232322Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3619/16 · Piracy2016-11-24 → 2017-01-11M/V approached by pirates in 05-47.7N 119-51.8E at 240240Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3608/16 · Piracy2016-11-23 → 2016-12-08M/V attacked in 06-16N 119-53E at 230120Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3583/16 · Piracy2016-11-20 → 2016-12-08M/V approached by pirates in 05-34.8N 119-47.9E at 192320Z nov
- HYDROPAC 1815/16 · Cable ops2016-06-17 → 2016-07-06Seismic survey in progress until 05 jul in area bound by 07-37.4N 118-27.2E, 07-37.2N 119-41.4E, 07-07.6N…
- USGS-US20005HUX · Quakes2016-04-13 → 2016-04-1615 km nw of siocon, philippines
- HYDROPAC 798/16 · Cable ops2016-03-19 → 2016-10-01Seismic survey in progress until 30 sep by M/V binh minh 2 vicinity of tracklines: a. between 06-55.7N…
- HYDROPAC 797/16 · Cable ops2016-03-19 → 2016-10-01Seismic survey in progress until 30 sep by M/V binh minh 2 in areas bound by: a. 07-47.8N 116-13.0E,…
- HYDROPAC 793/16 · Cable ops2016-03-18 → 2016-03-19Seismic survey in progress until 17 sep by M/V binh minh 2 in areas bound by: a. 07-47.8N 116-13.0E,…
- USGS-USC000TSZG · Quakes2015-02-25 → 2015-02-2881 km wsw of pandan niog, philippines
- USGS-USC000TAIK · Quakes2014-12-29 → 2015-01-01122 km nnw of siocon, philippines
- USGS-USB000SIF9 · Quakes2014-10-03 → 2014-10-067 km e of san francisco, philippines
- HYDROPAC 2645/14 · Cable ops2014-09-09 → 2014-12-06Seismic survey in progress until 05 dec by M/V aquila explorer in area bound by 10-34N 120-00E, 10-34N…
- HYDROPAC 2085/14 · Piracy2014-07-16 → 2014-07-26Singapore to malaysia
- USGS-USB000QNIY · Quakes2014-05-15 → 2014-05-1851 km wsw of alim, philippines
- HYDROPAC 3836/13 · Cable ops2013-12-09 → 2014-01-01Cable laying operations in progress until 31 dec by cableship subaro vicinity of trackline joining 10-49.7N…
- HYDROPAC 3583/13 · Cable ops2013-11-18 → 2014-01-01Cable laying operations in progress until 31 dec by cableship vega vicinity of trackline joining 10-50.8N…
- HYDROPAC 1531/13 · Exercises2013-05-28 → 2013-05-29Gunnery exercises 282300Z to 290900Z may in area bound by 06-23N 120-21E, 06-21N 120-21E, 06-21N 120-19E,…
- HYDROPAC 690/13 · Exercises2013-03-11 → 2013-03-15Gunnery exercises: a. 122300Z to 130900Z mar in area bound by 09-10N 119-00E, 08-00N 119-15E, 08-30N…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.