Drill rig Transocean Equinox is located at 38-46.20S 142-48.80E, with 2.5 nautical miles clearance requested.
Great Australian Bight · AUSCOAST 277/26
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 2026-08-17 08:16Z. First collected 2026-08-18 09:33Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:23Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -38.770, 142.813. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2026-08-17 08:16Z
- 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
- -38.770, 142.813
- nearest port
- Portland · 62 nm
- source
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · first seen 2026-08-18 09:33Z
Original warning text
DRILL RIG TRANSOCEAN EQUINOX / V7A7397 / 538010767 IN POSITION 38-46.20S 142-48.80E 2.5 NM CLEARANCE REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- 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
57 within 180 nm since 2001 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V samson explorer in area bound by 39-47.00S…2026-09-30
- Special purpose vessel samson explorer / VNW5773 / 503096000 conducting underwater operations in an area…2026-09-30
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V offshore solution in area bound by 38-39.00S…2025-01-12
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V seven sisters in 38-43.58S 142-58.42E2025-01-01
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V seven pegasus in area bound by 39-11.00S…2024-09-27
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V mma coral in 38-39.90S 142-58.60E2024-03-18
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
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 8.7 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 8.7 nm
- 2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…Nav aids · 10 nm
- Great australian bightCable ops · 41 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 41 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:27Z; 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.