Cable ops

Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de sein vicinity 48-26N 008-10W

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 1663/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-07-28 17:27Z

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 263/02 271330Z JUL 02; WZ 1140/02. Issued 2002-07-27 14:05Z. 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 48.433, -8.167. 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 Celtic Sea →

issued
2002-07-27 14:05Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 263/02 271330Z JUL 02; WZ 1140/02
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Celtic Sea
position
48.433, -8.167
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
   BY CABLESHIP ILE DE SEIN VICINITY 48-26N 008-10W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1593/02.

Reading this warning

Underwater operations
Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

519 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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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M
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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:37Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.