Surveys

Underwater operations 15 thru 19 jul notice by M/V hercules in area bound by 36-19.50N 014-53.28E,…

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1857/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-07-20 01:00Z

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 III 585/21 141232Z JUL 21.. Issued 2021-07-14 13:08Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued: 2021-07-14 13:08Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA III 585/21 141232Z JUL 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 35.933, 13.671
vessel: M/V HERCULES · 14 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
SICILY.
DNC 08.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 15 THRU 19 JUL
   NOTICE BY M/V HERCULES IN AREA BOUND BY
   36-19.50N 014-53.28E, 36-27.262N 014-57.94E,
   35-46.80N 013-04.20E, 35-51.000N 012-43.80E,
   35-30.00N 012-48.00E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG ON 200100Z JUL 21.

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.
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.
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 · survey operations

306 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

Submarine cable and rov works days 280000 UTC sep 26 to 071000 UTC oct 26 at points: 36-12.78N 015-52.58E…Cable ops · 106.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:04Z; 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.