Tasman Sea

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

in force
4
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 443/15 · Debris2015-02-08 → 2015-02-11
    4500 meter long cable with yellow buoy adrift in 39-10.5S 172-19.6E at 060450Z feb
  2. HYDROPAC 401/15 · Nav aids2015-02-04 → 2015-02-04
    Sydney dgps station 33-59.2S 150-58.7E unreliable
  3. HYDROPAC 356/15 · Cable ops2015-01-31 → 2015-02-25
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V polar duke towing 12 7000 meter long cables in area…
  4. HYDROPAC 146/15 · Surveys2015-01-15 → 2015-05-16
    Survey operations in progress by M/V seasurveyour in area bound by 41-18.40S 174-14.30E, 41-15.90S…
  5. HYDROPAC 27/15 · Other2015-01-03 → 2015-01-06
    100 foot long mast with rigging marked by buoy and adrift in 31-47.6S 153-02.7E at 030234Z jan
  6. HYDROPAC 3900/14 · Other2014-12-31 → 2014-12-31
    Pyrotechnics exercises 311130Z to 311230Z dec within 500 yards of 37-09.6S 150-19.8E
  7. HYDROPAC 3806/14 · Derelicts2014-12-20 → 2014-12-23
    Derelict six meter vessel adrift in 34-51.0S 151-42.3E at 200215Z dec
  8. HYDROPAC 3672/14 · Derelicts2014-12-08 → 2014-12-11
    Derelict six meter kayak adrift vicinity 30-21S 154-00E at 080542Z dec
  9. HYDROPAC 3157/14 · Derelicts2014-10-24 → 2014-10-27
    Derelict 18 meter F/V adrift vicinity 33-04.7S 151-56.0E at 240830Z oct
  10. HYDROPAC 2930/14 · Other2014-10-02 → 2014-10-02
    Numerous flares reported in 32-18.2S 152-44.6E
  11. HYDROPAC 2271/14 · Nav aids2014-08-04 → 2014-08-05
    Tasman Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 1513/14 · Derelicts2014-05-28 → 2014-05-31
    Derelict 14.5 meter vessel adrift vicinity 41-37.23S 175-02.09E at 272245Z may
  13. HYDROPAC 1103/14 · Nav aids2014-04-18 → 2014-04-23
    South Island-west Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 1086/14 · Other2014-04-17 → 2014-04-17
    Port of westport harbor (41-45.0S 171-35.5E) closed until 171900Z apr due to weather conditions
  15. HYDROPAC 1034/14 · Containers2014-04-12 → 2014-04-15
    Five containers adrift in 33-58.9S 151-19.3E at 121350Z apr
  16. HYDROPAC 945/14 · Cable ops2014-04-03 → 2014-04-22
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V aquila explorer in area bound by 38-58.5S 172-57.5E,…
  17. HYDROPAC 938/14 · Cable ops2014-04-03 → 2014-04-03
    Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V aquila explorer in area bound by 39-46.24S…
  18. HYDROPAC 737/14 · Other2014-03-15 → 2014-03-15
    36 foot S/V outside edge requesting assistance in 39-39-15.4S 164-54-30.0E
  19. HYDROPAC 525/14 · Nav aids2014-02-23 → 2014-02-23
    Australia-east Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 515/14 · Nav aids2014-02-21 → 2014-02-22
    Australia-east Coast

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