Special purpose vessel Safe Boreas is supporting underwater operations in a bounded area; 2.5 nautical mile clearance requested.
Indian Ocean · AUSCOAST 120/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator). Issued 2026-03-29 16:51Z. First collected 2026-08-18 09:33Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 16:08Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Indian Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-03-29 16:51Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator)
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -12.957, 124.502
- nearest port
- Kupang · 176 nm
- source
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · first seen 2026-08-18 09:33Z
Original warning text
SPECIAL PURPOSE VESSEL SAFE BOREAS 565905000 SUPPORTING UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 12-54.90S TO 12-59.90S AND 124-25.10E TO 124-35.10E 2.5NM CLEARANCE REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Conditions at the position · now
loading…
MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
64 within 180 nm since 2006 · 9 in the last 12 months · 3 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V shark 1 in area bound by 11-30.00S 125-05.00E,…2026-09-28
- Special purpose vessel shark 1/T2DT6/572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by 11-30.00…2026-09-28
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V shark 1 in area bound by 11-30.00S 125-05.00E,…2026-07-14
- Special purpose vessel shark 1 / T2DT6 / 572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by…2026-07-14
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V safe boreas in area bound by 12-54.90S…2026-03-29
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V offshore solution in area bound by 13-46.00S…2026-02-10
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:17Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.