Tasman Sea

IHO sea area 63 · 147° to 175° E, -51° to -30° N

in force
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last 12 months
4
since 1999
809
categories
10

In force now · 4

  1. HYDROPAC 2333/26 · Nav aids2026-08-14
    Perpendicular Point Light in Tasman Sea, Australia at 35-05.65S 150-48.25E, temporarily changed to flashing (3) white every 20 seconds.
  2. HYDROPAC 2313/26 · Exercises2026-08-11
    Hazardous operations take place near 36-28.65S 174-09.63E in Tasman Sea, New Zealand, from 170500Z to 171000Z August.
  3. HYDROPAC 1873/26 · Cable ops2026-06-29
    Cable operations by ship Responder are underway in Bass Strait and Tasman Sea, Australia, until further notice; a one-mile berth is requested.
  4. AUSCOAST 231/26 · Cable ops2026-06-29
    Cable-laying vessel RESPONDER is conducting operations along a line from 38-19.86S 144-19.61E to 37-18.44S 153-20.94E, with 5 nautical miles either side, requesting 1.0 nautical mile clearance.

Longest in force

  1. AUSCOAST 231/26 · Cable ops2026-06-29
    Cable-laying vessel RESPONDER is conducting operations along a line from 38-19.86S 144-19.61E to 37-18.44S 153-20.94E, with 5 nautical miles either side, requesting 1.0 nautical mile clearance.
  2. HYDROPAC 1873/26 · Cable ops2026-06-29
    Cable operations by ship Responder are underway in Bass Strait and Tasman Sea, Australia, until further notice; a one-mile berth is requested.
  3. HYDROPAC 2313/26 · Exercises2026-08-11
    Hazardous operations take place near 36-28.65S 174-09.63E in Tasman Sea, New Zealand, from 170500Z to 171000Z August.
  4. HYDROPAC 2333/26 · Nav aids2026-08-14
    Perpendicular Point Light in Tasman Sea, Australia at 35-05.65S 150-48.25E, temporarily changed to flashing (3) white every 20 seconds.

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By category · since 1997

Nav aids25632%
Cable ops13316%
Derelicts11514%
Other11214%
Surveys8711%
Exercises354%
Containers324%
Debris263%
Wrecks101%
Missiles30%

Archive · 805 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 3827/18 · Nav aids2018-10-21 → 2019-01-04
    Bush end point light 40-32.7S 173-00.5E unreliable
  2. HYDROPAC 3824/18 · Surveys2018-10-20 → 2018-12-02
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V skandi singapore along trackline between…
  3. HYDROPAC 3676/18 · Nav aids2018-10-09 → 2018-10-10
    Cape reinga light 34-25.7S 172-40.7E unlit
  4. HYDROPAC 3220/18 · Derelicts2018-09-02 → 2018-09-05
    Derelict vessel adrift in 38-10.36S 152-15.22E at 020250Z sep
  5. HYDROPAC 3211/18 · Surveys2018-09-01 → 2019-03-22
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V pacific vixen along trackline between…
  6. HYDROPAC 3066/18 · Nav aids2018-08-21 → 2018-08-27
    Greymouth tidal wall light 42-26.5S 171-11.7E unlit
  7. HYDROPAC 3015/18 · Nav aids2018-08-17 → 2018-08-19
    Perpendicular point light 35-05.6S 150-48.3E temporarily changed to FL(3) w 20 sec
  8. HYDROPAC 2991/18 · Derelicts2018-08-15 → 2018-08-18
    Derelict ten meter vessel, blue hull, adrift in 38-38.12S 149-00.09E at 150520Z aug
  9. HYDROPAC 2869/18 · Debris2018-08-08 → 2018-08-11
    Fishing net adrift in 34-59.6S 151-07.5E at 080230Z aug
  10. HYDROPAC 2866/18 · Derelicts2018-08-08 → 2018-08-11
    Derelict 20 meter vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 34-59.7S 151-07.6E at 080210Z aug
  11. HYDROPAC 2803/18 · Nav aids2018-08-01 → 2018-08-02
    Sydney dgps station 33-59.2S 150-58.7E inoperative
  12. HYDROPAC 2488/18 · Other2018-07-07 → 2018-07-10
    Port of westport harbor (41-45.0S 171-35.5E) closed until further notice due to heavy weather conditions
  13. HYDROPAC 2416/18 · Debris2018-07-01 → 2018-09-07
    Submerged object in 33-40S 152-01E at 300600Z jun
  14. HYDROPAC 2261/18 · Nav aids2018-06-19 → 2018-07-04
    Wollongong head light 34-25.3S 150-54.6E unreliable
  15. HYDROPAC 2150/18 · Nav aids2018-06-09 → 2018-06-14
    Fighting bay prohibited anchorage area south light 41-20.1S 174-10.5E unlit
  16. HYDROPAC 2125/18 · Containers2018-06-08 → 2018-06-11
    83 containers adrift at 311430Z may in area bound by 33-05.0S 152-03.0E, 32-50.0S 151-54.0E, 32-38.0S…
  17. HYDROPAC 2082/18 · Containers2018-06-02 → 2018-06-05
    83 containers adrift in 33-00S 152-20E at 311500Z may
  18. HYDROPAC 2065/18 · Containers2018-06-01 → 2018-06-04
    85 containers adrift in vicinity 33-01S 152-04E at 311500Z may
  19. HYDROPAC 1949/18 · Other2018-05-23 → 2018-05-25
    Port of westport bar (41-43.6S 171-35.3E) closed until further notice due to heavy sea conditions
  20. HYDROPAC 1870/18 · Nav aids2018-05-15 → 2018-05-17
    Point home lookout light 42-33.2S 147-57.1E unlit

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.