Debris

Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-59.00N 004-18.00W at 260600Z aug

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2107/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-08-29 08:51Z

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 261/22 260759Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-26 08:55Z. 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 43.983, -4.300. 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 Bay of Biscay →

issued: 2022-08-26 08:55Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-08-29 08:51Z
authority: NAVAREA II 261/22 260759Z AUG 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Biscay
position: 43.983, -4.300
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
SPAIN.
DNC 08.
1. ODAS BUOY ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   43-59.00N 004-18.00W AT 260600Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290851Z 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.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

12 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

250 meter long cable with yellow buoy adrift in vicinity 43-35.04N 001-51.48W2024-04-26
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 44-45.68N 004-03.30W at 071100Z aug2023-08-07
Buoy, red, adrift in vicinity 44-48.06N 004-13.09W2023-04-30
Submerged object in 45-52.67N 001-56.53W2022-09-07
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-55.00N 005-17.00W at 010500Z sep2022-09-01
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-59.00N 005-21.00W at 291000Z aug2022-08-29

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 15:35Z; 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.