Surveys

Survey operations 260300Z sep to 260300Z may 23 in area within ten miles of 00-14.49S 047-23.07W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2423/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-05-25 04:41Z

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 V COASTAL 671/22 250306Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-25 04:12Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -0.241, -47.385 with a 10.0 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-09-26 03:00Z2023-05-26 03:00Z—5808 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2022-09-25 04:12Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-05-26 04:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V COASTAL 671/22 250306Z SEP 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V COASTAL
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-0.241, -47.385 · r 10.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
DNC 01.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 260300Z SEP TO
   260300Z MAY 23 IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES
   OF 00-14.49S 047-23.07W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260400Z MAY 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.
Survey operations
A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
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.
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.
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 · survey operations

19 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

50 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 01:08Z; 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.