Buoy adrift in 37-20.82N 006-15.39E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1875/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-25 12:12Z
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 77/23 221201Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-22 12:12Z. 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 - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 37.347, 6.256. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2023-08-22 12:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-25 12:12Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 77/23 221201Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 37.347, 6.256
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALGERIA. DNC 08. 1. BUOY ADRIFT IN 37-20.82N 006-15.39E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251212Z AUG 23.
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.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 39-53.70N 007-33.40E2023-07-31
- Debris adrift in vicinity 37-28.2N 009-10.1E at 091654Z apr 192019-04-12
- Ten meter long log adrift vicinity 40-17.9N 005-42.5E at 270756Z may2016-05-27
- 2.6 mile long fishing net adrift vicinity 39-01.1N 007-59.5E at 181850Z may2004-05-18
- 20 meter long wood object adrift in 39-08.2N 008-09.5E2003-01-06
- 8000 meter fishing net adrift vicinity 39-42N 007-29E at 311445Z may2001-05-31
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:50Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.