Exercises

Hazardous operations off Brazil from 28 September to 12 October in an area near 29-27S 049-32W to 31-24S 050-19W.

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1892/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-25 01:02Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:17Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 21:47Z. 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 →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2026-09-28 08:00Z	2026-10-12 22:00Z	—	350 h

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

issued: 2026-09-25 01:02Z
status: Listed in force
self-cancels: 2026-10-12 23:00Z
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -30.317, -49.811
nearest port: Porto Alegre · 76 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:17Z

Original warning text

SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 280800Z SEP TO
   122200Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   29-27.03S 049-32.03W, 29-30.53S 049-05.53W,
   31-24.03S 050-19.53W, 31-06.53S 050-29.53W,
   30-38.03S 050-09.53W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 122300Z OCT 26.

Reading this warning

Hazardous operations: NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

174 within 180 nm since 2003 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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

Hazardous operations 280900Z sep to 022100Z oct in area bound by 30-15.00S 050-06.75W, 30-15.00S 049-54.50W,…Exercises · 37.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

30 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:54Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.