Scientific moorings temporarily established in: a. 06-06.341N 001-31.762E
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1161/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-05-14 19:19Z
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 170/15 130421Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-13 08:04Z. 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
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 6.106, 1.519. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Scientific moorings temporarily established in: a. 06-06.341N 001-31.762Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2015-05-13 08:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 170/15 130421Z MAY 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 6.106, 1.519
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. TOGO. DNC 01. CHART 57102. SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED IN: A. 06-06.341N 001-31.762E. B. 06-06.372N 001-30.473E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Scientific mooring
- Instruments anchored to the seabed and held up by floats, sometimes just below the surface, left for months to measure the ocean.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
10 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Hydrographic survey 20 thru 28 may by M/V laplace towing 500 meter long cable in area bound by 06-11.62N…2015-05-17
- Scientific moorings temporarily established in: a. 06-06.341N 001-31.762E2015-05-14
- Scientific mooring established in 06-09.69N 002-35.47E2015-04-13
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V saipem 10000 in 05-44.4N 004-26.3E2003-09-03
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V saipem 10000 in 05-44.9N 004-28.1E2003-08-09
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V saipem 10000 in 05-44.9N 004-05.4E2003-08-09
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:16Z; 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.