Debris

Odas buoy reported adrift in 57-20.0N 008-18.2W at 210800Z jan

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 132/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-01-22 09:31Z

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) · WZ 112/09 210843Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-21 09:11Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 57.333, -8.303. 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

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROLANT 132/09 · this notice2009-01-21 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 140/092009-01-22 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 149/092009-01-23 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 180/092009-01-26 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2009-01-21 09:11Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 112/09 210843Z JAN 09.
issued by
WZ
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
57.333, -8.303
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ODAS BUOY REPORTED ADRIFT IN 57-20.0N 008-18.2W
   AT 210800Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 JAN.

Reading this warning

Off station / missing buoy
A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

33 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:53Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.