Surveys

Underwater operations 1100Z to 1900Z daily 01 thru 06 jun by M/V texas and M/V seamaster I in 05-42.08S…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1472/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-06-06 20:00Z

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 V COASTAL E 414/21 311923Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-31 20:44Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -5.701, -35.075. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2021-06-01 11:00Z2021-06-01 19:00Z—8 h
2021-06-02 11:00Z2021-06-02 19:00Z—8 h
2021-06-03 11:00Z2021-06-03 19:00Z—8 h
2021-06-04 11:00Z2021-06-04 19:00Z—8 h
2021-06-05 11:00Z2021-06-05 19:00Z—8 h
2021-06-06 11:00Z2021-06-06 19:00Z—8 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2021-05-31 20:44Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-06-06 20:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V COASTAL E 414/21 311923Z MAY 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V COASTAL E
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-5.701, -35.075
vessels
M/V SEAMASTER I · 2 messagesM/V TEXAS · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL-NORTHEAST COAST.
DNC 01.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 1100Z TO 1900Z DAILY
   01 THRU 06 JUN BY M/V TEXAS AND M/V SEAMASTER I
   IN 05-42.08S 035-04.50W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 062000Z JUN 21.

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.
Underwater operations
Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · survey operations

66 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:06Z; 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.