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% |
| Derelicts | 2 | 1% |
| Towing | 2 | 1% |
| Spills | 1 | 1% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 1% |
Archive · 134 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 1502/08 · Cable ops2008-08-06 → 2009-04-12Seismic survey 11 aug until further notice by M/V geo explorer in area bound by 07-00N 118-30E, 07-00N…
- HYDROPAC 1006/08 · Derelicts2008-05-25 → 2008-06-01Derelict 200 foot barge adrift in 07-22N 121-04E at 250230Z may
- HYDROPAC 2234/07 · Derelicts2007-12-20 → 2008-02-03M/V katsuragi maru adrift vicinity 10-11N 121-09E
- HYDROPAC 1233/07 · Cable ops2007-07-16 → 2007-08-20Seismic survey in progress until 19 aug by M/V veritas towing four 6000 meter long cables in area bound by…
- HYDROPAC 813/07 · Cable ops2007-05-04 → 2007-06-20Seismic survey in progress until 19 jun by M/V veritas voyager towing four 6000 meter long cables in area…
- HYDROPAC 778/07 · Cable ops2007-04-27 → 2007-07-09Seismic survey 29 apr thru 08 jul by M/V geco eagle towing ten 6000 meter long cables in area bound by…
- HYDROPAC 657/07 · Exercises2007-04-13 → 2007-04-16Gunnery exercises 160001Z to 161000Z apr in area bound by 09-20N 122-05E 09-20N 121-45E, 09-00N 121-45E…
- HYDROPAC 2347/06 · Incidents2006-12-01 → 2007-01-17Man overboard from M/V c marh vicinity 07-26N 120-00E at 252100Z nov
- HYDROPAC 2200/06 · Cable ops2006-11-14 → 2006-12-01Seismic survey in progress until 30 nov by M/V veritas voyager and M/V china venture towing 6000 meter long…
- NOAAORR-6113 · Spills2006-08-21 → 2006-09-04Tank vessel solar 1; guimaras, philippines
- HYDROPAC 1098/06 · Nav aids2006-06-14 → 2008-02-03Apo island light 12-39.6N 120-25.0E unreliable
- HYDROPAC 1081/06 · Cable ops2006-06-13 → 2006-06-23Seismic survey 16 thru 22 jun by M/V atlantic guardian towing 1500 meter long cable in area bound by…
- HYDROPAC 1331/05 · Exercises2005-08-17 → 2005-08-24Gunnery exercises 21 thru 23 aug in area bound by 09-37.5N 119-43.0E, 09-19.8N 119-35.2E, 08-59.0N…
- HYDROPAC 1985/04 · Towing2004-12-29 → 2004-12-2927 meter M/V christian, towing 88 meter barge barge flora, unreported kota baru to singapore
- HYDROPAC 1967/04 · Towing2004-12-25 → 2005-02-0927 meter M/V christian, towing 88 meter barge flora, unreported
- HYDROPAC 1665/04 · Exercises2004-10-21 → 2004-10-25Gunnery exercises 250100Z to 250700Z oct in area bound by 08-52.4N 123-05.0E, 08-47.3N 123-05.0E, 08-52.3N…
- HYDROPAC 1359/04 · Exercises2004-08-20 → 2004-08-25Gunnery exercises 250600Z to 250700Z aug in area bound by 09-43.5N 118-47.5E 10-30.0N 120-05.0E, 08-55.5N…
- HYDROPAC 1486/03 · Cable ops2003-08-28 → 2003-10-03Seismic survey 02 sep thru 02 oct by M/V veritas searcher, M/V asia pacific no
- USGS-USP000C27Q · Quakes2003-07-11 → 2003-07-1454 km wsw of alim, philippines
- HYDROPAC 1198/03 · Wrecks2003-07-11 → 2004-06-10Uncovered rock reported vicinity 10-24.8N 119-56.6E
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.