Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-59.00N 005-21.00W at 291000Z aug
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2134/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-09-01 12:15Z
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 266/22 291225Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-29 14:46Z. 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, -5.350. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2134/22 · this notice2022-08-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2171/222022-09-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2022-08-29 14:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-09-01 12:15Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 266/22 291225Z AUG 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 43.983, -5.350
- 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 005-21.00W AT 291000Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011215Z SEP 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
21 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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
- Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-55.00N 005-17.00W at 010500Z sep2022-09-01
- Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-59.00N 004-18.00W at 260600Z aug2022-08-26
- Debris adrift in area within ten miles of 46-20.00N 007-28.00W2022-05-21
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:24Z; 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.