Surveys

Underwater operations 080700Z to 112359Z aug by M/V teneo vicinity 37-25.6N 010-34.0E

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1648/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-08-10 01:16Z

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 III 344/99 7 AUG 99. Issued 1999-08-07 15:12Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 37.427, 10.567. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
1999-08-08 07:00Z1999-08-11 23:59Z—88 h 59

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

issued
1999-08-07 15:12Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
1999-08-12 01:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 344/99 7 AUG 99
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
37.427, 10.567
vessel
M/V TENEO · 20 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 080700Z TO 112359Z AUG BY M/V TENEO
   VICINITY 37-25.6N 010-34.0E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120100Z AUG.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

222 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:35Z; 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.