Surveys

Underwater operations 0800Z to 2300Z daily 03 thru 20 jun by tug sentosa, barge smitbarge 1 and M/V corenav…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1689/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-06-21 00:01Z

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 N 515/19 020011Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-02 00:25Z. 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 -3.827, -37.849. 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 · 18 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-06-03 08:00Z2019-06-03 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-04 08:00Z2019-06-04 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-05 08:00Z2019-06-05 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-06 08:00Z2019-06-06 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-07 08:00Z2019-06-07 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-08 08:00Z2019-06-08 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-09 08:00Z2019-06-09 23:00Z—15 h
2019-06-10 08:00Z2019-06-10 23:00Z—15 h
… 10 more

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

issued
2019-06-02 00:25Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-06-21 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA V COASTAL N 515/19 020011Z JUN 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V COASTAL N
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-3.827, -37.849
vessels
M/V CORENAV IITUG SENTOSA · 3 messagesBARGE SMITBARGE 1 · 3 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-NORTH COAST.
DNC 01.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 2300Z DAILY
   03 THRU 20 JUN BY TUG SENTOSA,
   BARGE SMITBARGE 1 AND M/V CORENAV II
   IN 03-49.61S 037-50.93W.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210001Z JUN 19.

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.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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

80 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

99
00
05
10
15
20
23

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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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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 03:14Z; 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.