Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 02 thru 05 oct in area within 40 miles of 47-00.00N 004-40.00W
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2199/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-05 18:00Z
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) · AVURNAV BREST 316/23 291021Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-29 11:05Z. 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 47.000, -4.667 with a 40.0 nm radius. 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 →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-02 07:00Z | 2023-10-02 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2023-10-03 07:00Z | 2023-10-03 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2023-10-04 07:00Z | 2023-10-04 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2023-10-05 07:00Z | 2023-10-05 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-09-29 11:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-10-05 18:00Z
- authority
- AVURNAV BREST 316/23 291021Z SEP 23.
- issued by
- AVURNAV BREST
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 47.000, -4.667 · r 40.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BISCAY. FRANCE. DNC 08. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0700Z TO 1700Z DAILY 02 THRU 05 OCT IN AREA WITHIN 40 MILES OF 47-00.00N 004-40.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051800Z OCT 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 · military exercises
508 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Special operations2026-10-02
- Gunnery exercises 021100Z to 021300Z and 021400Z to 021600Z may in area bound by 48-20.40N 004-37.00W,…2024-05-02
- Gunnery exercises 010700Z to 010900Z may in area bound by 48-21.00N 005-20.00W, 48-21.00N 004-53.00W,…2024-04-30
- Gunnery exercises 291400Z to 291600Z apr in area bound by 48-20.40N 004-37.00W, 48-20.01N 004-39.52W,…2024-04-26
- Gunnery exercises 231300Z to 231500Z and 231700Z to 231900Z apr in area bound by 47-46.40N 005-00.00W,…2024-04-22
- Gunnery exercises 200600Z to 200900Z apr in area bound by 48-20.40N 004-37.00W, 48-20.01N 004-39.52W,…2024-04-19
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:49Z; 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.