Cable ops

Cable operations 24 jul thru 09 aug by cableship ile de sein in area bound by 32-10.70S 013-58.40E,…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1807/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-08-10 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 VII 307/22 191050Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-19 13:01Z. 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 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2022-07-19 13:01Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-08-10 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA VII 307/22 191050Z JUL 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-32.992, 16.022
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
SOUTH AFRICA.
DNC 01.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 24 JUL THRU 09 AUG
   BY CABLESHIP ILE DE SEIN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   32-10.70S 013-58.40E, 32-10.70S 018-04.20E,
   33-48.40S 018-04.20E, 33-48.40S 013-58.40E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1582/22.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 100001Z AUG 22.

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.
Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

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

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22

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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 21:15Z; 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.