Underwater operations by vessel Fugro Vaquita are in progress until 140001Z November, with wide berth requested; cancels HYDROLANT 1157/26.
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1160/26
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
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-06-17 01:44Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Atlantic 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-06-17 01:44Z
- status
- Listed in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-11-15 00:01Z
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -22.919, -39.792
- vessel
- M/V FUGRO VAQUITA · 4 messages
- nearest port
- Vitoria · 159 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 140001Z NOV BY M/V FUGRO VAQUITA IN AREA BOUND BY 22-03.00S 037-06.48W, 20-27.24S 040-20.52W, 22-59.46S 042-00.84W, 25-55.32S 040-11.58W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1157/26. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 150001Z NOV 26.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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
779 within 180 nm since 2000 · 59 in the last 12 months · 3 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 120259Z oct by M/V sistac vitoria in 22-32.82S 040-04.05W2026-09-30
- Underwater operations in progress until 090259Z oct by M/V siem pilot in 22-25.32S 039-56.55W2026-09-29
- Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 28 sep thru 12 oct by M/V calypso and M/V commando b in 20-23.18S…2026-09-27
- Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 27 sep thru 11 oct by M/V comando b and M/V prime star in…2026-09-26
- Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 26 sep thru 10 oct by M/V comando b in 20-23.78S 040-09.43W2026-09-25
- Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 22 sep thru 06 oct by M/V nord houston and M/V comando b in…2026-09-21
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:10Z; 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.