Surveys

Underwater operations in progress until further notice in areas: a. within two miles of 47-14.38N 004-22.35W

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2043/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-07-19 17:37Z

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 II 170/00 061430Z JUN 00. Issued 2000-06-06 16:50Z. 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
Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 47.214, -4.384. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →

issued
2000-06-06 16:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 170/00 061430Z JUN 00
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Biscay
position
47.214, -4.384
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN AREAS:
   A. WITHIN TWO MILES OF 47-14.38N 004-22.35W.
   B  WITHIN TWO MILES OF 47-09.45N 004-15.78W.
   C. WITHIN 0.2 MILES OF 47-14.69N 004-31.00W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 38/00.

Reading this warning

Underwater operations
Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

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

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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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:11Z; 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.