Surveys

Special purpose vessel shark 1/T2DT6/572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by 11-30.00…

Timor Sea · AUSCOAST 303/26

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 2026-09-28 04:25Z. First collected 2026-09-28 04:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-28 06:23Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Timor Sea. 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 Timor Sea →

issued
2026-09-28 04:25Z
status
Listed in force
authority
Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator)
NAVAREA
NAVAREA X
issued by
JRCC AUSTRALIA
sea
Timor Sea
position
-11.933, 125.550
source
Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · first seen 2026-09-28 04:38Z

Original warning text

SPECIAL PURPOSE VESSEL SHARK 1/T2DT6/572762220 CONDUCTING HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 11-30.00 S TO 12-22.00 S AND 125-05.00 E TO 126-01.00 E.
UNMANNED SURFACE VESSELS USV FREMANTLE 01/503177870 AND USV FREMANTLE 02/503201150 IN SUPPORT.
2NM CLEARANCE REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

Survey operations
A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
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.

All warning terms →

Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · survey operations

61 within 180 nm since 2006 · 9 in the last 12 months · 4 listed in force now

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26

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

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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

55 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 05:44Z; 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.