The vessel Dependable is conducting cable lay operations from 38-25S 144-28E to 40-22S 137-28E, with 1.5 nautical mile clearance requested.
Great Australian Bight · AUSCOAST 208/26
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 2026-05-30 01:04Z. First collected 2026-08-18 09:33Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 09:53Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Great Australian Bight. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2026-05-30 01:04Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator)
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -39.371, 143.232
- nearest port
- Geelong · 92 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 DEPENDABLE / KDEJ / 367137000 CONDUCTING CABLE LAY OPERATIONS 10NM EITHER SIDE OF CENTRE LINE FROM: A. 38-25S 144-28E B. 38-28S 144-28E C. 38-22S 144-24E D. 38-33S 144-19E E. 38-40S 144-08E F. 38-59S 143-44E G. 39-17S 143-25E H. 39-42S 142-37E I. 40-22S 137-28E 1.5NM CLEARANCE REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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 · other warnings
21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- 8 X 6M yellow buoys FL3 deployed within 1.5NM 39-50.14 s 145-48.24 e 2.5NM clearance requested2026-08-17
- 12 X 6M yellow surface bouys, fl white 3S depolyed within 1.5NM of position 38-46.00S 142-48.80E2026-06-29
- S/V dire straits, three persons abandoning ship in 39-10.43S 145-15.15E2017-03-25
- Aircraft ditching in 38-15.5S 144-11.0E at 070913Z sep2016-09-07
- Australia-southeast Coast2013-02-13
- Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice by M/V seven navica in 38-41S 142-38E2009-12-20
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
- Great australian bightCable ops · 0 nm
- Drill rig transocean equinox / V7A7397 / 538010767 in position 38-46.20S 142-48.80E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 41 nm
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 44.6 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 44.6 nm
- 2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…Nav aids · 45.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:00Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.