Cable ops

Cable laying operations 021200Z may until further notice by M/V raymond croze in area bound by 35-48.8N…

Strait of Gibraltar · HYDROLANT 1061/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-05-15 22:59Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA II 145/15 011634Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-01 20:35Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Strait of Gibraltar. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Strait of Gibraltar →

issued
2015-05-01 20:35Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 145/15 011634Z MAY 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Strait of Gibraltar
position
35.878, -5.842
vessel
M/V RAYMOND CROZE · 18 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR.
MOROCCO.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 021200Z MAY UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY M/V RAYMOND CROZE IN AREA BOUND BY
   35-48.8N 006-05.6W, 35-50.7N 006-00.6W,
   35-50.8N 005-59.8W, 35-50.8N 005-57.7W,
   35-51.0N 005-56.3W, 35-53.1N 005-50.6W,
   35-54.7N 005-48.8W, 35-54.7N 005-46.6W,
   35 54.4N 005-44.7W, 35-54.5N 005-43.7W,
   35 54.1N 005-43.4W, 35 54.1N 005-42.8W,
   35-54.9N 005-38.1W, 35-54.5N 005-39.2W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 997/15.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

160 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:30Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.