Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ocean alert within 30 miles of 48-30N 006-00W
Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 1404/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-08-23 19:40Z
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 245/06/28 JUL 06.. Issued 2006-07-28 18:31Z. 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
- Celtic Sea. The parsed report position is 48.500, -6.000 with a 30.0 nm radius. 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
- issued
- 2006-07-28 18:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 245/06/28 JUL 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Celtic Sea
- position
- 48.500, -6.000 · r 30.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V OCEAN ALERT · 6 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V OCEAN ALERT WITHIN 30 MILES OF 48-30N 006-00W. TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1354/06.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
727 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Scientific mooring established in 47-35.83N 007-23.92W2024-07-23
- Underwater operations 02 thru 11 oct by M/V atalante in area bound by 47-26.59N 006-34.33W, 46-52.40N…2023-09-29
- Survey operations in progress until 060001Z oct by M/V pourquoi pas in area bound by 47-17.05N 009-17.05W,…2023-09-25
- Survey operations 072201Z to 112159Z jun by vessel nanoplon in area within one mile of 48-20.67N 008-22.08W2023-06-06
- Survey operations 19 thru 25 apr in area bound by 48-00.00N 009-29.00W, 48-00.00N 007-56.00W, 46-54.00N…2023-04-17
- Scientific mooring established in 47-04.22N 003-19.86W until 27 mar2023-03-21
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
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 2026-10-03 23:20Z; 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.