A submerged orange object is reported in the Bay of Biscay near 47-02N 003-17W.
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2443/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AVURNAV BREST 354/23 260640Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-26 07:41Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 47.033, -3.283. 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
- 2023-10-26 07:41Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- AVURNAV BREST 354/23 260640Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- AVURNAV BREST
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 47.033, -3.283
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BISCAY. FRANCE. DNC 08. SUBMERGED ORANGE OBJECT IN VICINITY 47-02.00N 003-17.00W.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
90 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Three containers, red and black, adrift in vicinity 48-32.82N 006-08.37W2024-03-10
- Ile d yeu light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W at reduced intensity until 22 feb2024-02-21
- Ile d yeu light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W at reduced intensity2024-02-13
- Ile d yeu light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W at reduced intensity2024-01-08
- Ile vierge light 48-38.33N 004-34.04W at reduced intensity2023-01-23
- Fishing gear abandoned in vicinity 46-16.00N 002-18.00W2023-01-18
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:53Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.