Surveys

Special purpose vessel Fugro Kwilena is conducting underwater operations in area from 19-47.68S 115-12.91E to 19-57.87S 115-25.37E, requesting 1.5 nautical mile clearance.

Indian Ocean · AUSCOAST 279/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-22 07:38Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator). Issued 2026-08-19 05:23Z. First collected 2026-08-19 05:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-23 23:08Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2026-08-19 05:23Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA X
issued by: JRCC AUSTRALIA
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -19.880, 115.319
nearest port: Barrow Island · 52 nm
source: Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · first seen 2026-08-19 05:38Z

Original warning text

SPECIAL PURPOSE VESSEL FUGRO KWILENA / MLOV8 / 503147420 CONDUCTING UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 19-47.68 S TO 19-57.87 S AND 115-12.91 E TO 115-25.37 E
1.5NM 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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

212 within 180 nm since 2000 · 25 in the last 12 months · 4 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.

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

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Drill rig jansz FCS/995031119 in position 19-52.73S 114-36.50E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 40.1 nm
Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 41.5 nm
Special purpose vessel ve constructor / H9YT / 373335000 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 84.4 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel ve constructor in area bound by 19-12.00S…Surveys · 84.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 17:16Z; 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.