Restricted

Navigation prohibited 021200Z to 101200Z oct in area bound by 47-40N 007-40W, 47-40N 004-32W, 47-00N…

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 1656/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-10-10 13:00Z

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 II 348/07 281320Z SEP 07.. Issued 2007-09-28 13:40Z. 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: Bay of Biscay. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2007-10-02 12:00Z	2007-10-10 12:00Z	—	192 h

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

issued: 2007-09-28 13:40Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2007-10-10 13:00Z
authority: NAVAREA II 348/07 281320Z SEP 07.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Biscay
position: 46.311, -5.246
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. NAVIGATION PROHIBITED 021200Z TO 101200Z OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   47-40N 007-40W, 47-40N 004-32W,
   47-00N 003-25W, 46-00N 002-30W,
   45-22N 002-30W, 45-00N 003-40W,
   45-00N 006-20W, 46-00N 007-40W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101300Z OCT.

Reading this warning

Navigation prohibited: Ships may not enter or pass through the area, or a port is closed to traffic.
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.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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 · restricted areas & port closures

1 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

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

2 restricted areas & port closures listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:42Z; source collection times vary.

Restricted

Navigation prohibited, exclusion and security zones, ports closed to traffic. All current restricted areas & port closures →

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.