Timor Sea
IHO sea area 48i · 123° to 133° E, -16° to -8° N
- in force
- 1
- last 12 months
- 13
- archive messages
- 560
- categories
- 12
What the archive shows
560 messages are recorded since 1995-09-11 for the Timor 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.
Incidents accounts for 178 of 560 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.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2026-09-28 04:25ZVessel Shark 1 is conducting hydrographic survey from 11-30.00 S to 12-22.00 S and 125-05.00 E to 126-01.00 E, supported by unmanned surface vessels; 2-nautical-mile clearance requested.
In force now · 1
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By category · available archive
| Incidents | 178 | 32% |
| Derelicts | 109 | 19% |
| Debris | 79 | 14% |
| Nav aids | 70 | 13% |
| Surveys | 48 | 9% |
| Cable ops | 34 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 4% |
| Quakes | 10 | 2% |
| Wrecks | 4 | 1% |
| Containers | 2 | 0% |
| Missiles | 1 | 0% |
| Exercises | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 559 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 2666/16 · Cable ops2016-09-04 → 2016-09-06Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz along trackline between…
- HYDROPAC 2639/16 · Cable ops2016-09-01 → 2016-09-04Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 11-20.5S 126-38.0E
- HYDROPAC 2603/16 · Incidents2016-08-28 → 2016-08-29Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel, white hull, vicinity 12-00.4S 131-01.8E at…
- HYDROPAC 2308/16 · Incidents2016-08-02 → 2016-08-02Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 12-06.2S 130-36.1E at 020049Z aug
- HYDROPAC 2192/16 · Incidents2016-07-22 → 2016-07-22Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 12-12.73S 130-41.80E at 221129Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2177/16 · Derelicts2016-07-21 → 2016-07-24Derelict 12 meter vessel san tambour ni trompete adrift vicinity 12-21.9S 125-20.7E at 210421Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2168/16 · Derelicts2016-07-20 → 2016-07-21Derelict 12 meter vessel san tambour ni trompete adrift vicinity 12-16.18S 125-28.02E at 200704Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2154/16 · Derelicts2016-07-18 → 2016-07-19Derelict 12 meter vessel san tambour ni trompete adrift vicinity 12-18.42S 125-54.13E at 180428Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2132/16 · Derelicts2016-07-16 → 2016-07-18Derelict 12 meter vessel san tambour ni trompete adrift vicinity 12-26.5S 126-36.1E at 160344Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2119/16 · Incidents2016-07-15 → 2016-07-15Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 11-15.07S 130-52.80E at 150255Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2114/16 · Derelicts2016-07-14 → 2016-07-17Derelict 12 meter vessel san tambour ni trompete adrift vicinity 12-39S 127-37E at 140555Z jul
- HYDROPAC 2109/16 · Incidents2016-07-14 → 2016-07-14Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V san tambour ni trompete, one person on board, vicinity…
- HYDROPAC 2066/16 · Incidents2016-07-09 → 2016-07-09Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V san tambour ni trompete, three persons on board,…
- HYDROPAC 2025/16 · Incidents2016-07-06 → 2016-07-0612 meter S/V stnt, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 12-34.2S 127-22.4E at 060550Z jul
- HYDROPAC 1824/16 · Nav aids2016-06-17 → 2016-06-18Darwin dgps station 12-23.7S 130-57.5E inoperative
- HYDROPAC 1580/16 · Incidents2016-05-28 → 2016-05-28Distress signal received on 406 mhz from six meter vessel no misses vicinity 12-10.88S 130-33.06E at 281519Z…
- HYDROPAC 1525/16 · Debris2016-05-24 → 2016-05-2750 meter long fishing gear adrift vicinity 09-17.46S 129-28.41E at 240217Z may
- HYDROPAC 1524/16 · Debris2016-05-24 → 2016-05-2720 meter long fishing net adrift in 10-50.11S 131-17.3E at 240534Z may
- HYDROPAC 1507/16 · Incidents2016-05-22 → 2016-05-2813 meter S/V fidel, dark blue hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift due to loss of steering in…
- HYDROPAC 1125/16 · Incidents2016-04-18 → 2016-04-18Four meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue mellville island (11-33S 130-56E) to gunn point (12-10S…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.