Debris

Two buoys adrift vicinity between 38-36.6N 013-19.2W and 38-44.4N 013-14.4W at 161500Z dec

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2259/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-01-10 18:43Z

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 415/06 161859Z DEC 06.. Issued 2006-12-16 19:21Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2006-12-16 19:21Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA II 415/06 161859Z DEC 06.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 38.675, -13.280
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TWO BUOYS ADRIFT VICINITY BETWEEN 
38-36.6N 013-19.2W AND 38-44.4N 013-14.4W
AT 161500Z DEC.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

4 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.

Large object adrift in vicinity 38-00N 013-06W at 292308Z may2019-05-29
Object adrift in vicinity 38-15N 014-15W2019-05-04
Fishing net adrift in 39-31N 009-45W at 051350Z feb2000-02-06

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 2026-10-02 04:22Z; 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.