Surveys

Underwater operations 1100Z to 2100Z daily 05 thru 30 oct by M/V wyatt candies in 19-31.87S 039-15.45W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2586/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-10-30 22:00Z

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) · NAVAREA V E 815/16 050019Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-05 00:31Z. 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 -19.531, -39.258. 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 · 26 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-10-05 11:00Z2016-10-05 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-06 11:00Z2016-10-06 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-07 11:00Z2016-10-07 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-08 11:00Z2016-10-08 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-09 11:00Z2016-10-09 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-10 11:00Z2016-10-10 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-11 11:00Z2016-10-11 21:00Z—10 h
2016-10-12 11:00Z2016-10-12 21:00Z—10 h
… 18 more

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

issued
2016-10-05 00:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-10-30 22:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V E 815/16 050019Z OCT 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V E
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-19.531, -39.258
vessel
M/V WYATT CANDIES · 3 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-EAST COAST.
DNC 01.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 1100Z TO 2100Z DAILY
   05 THRU 30 OCT BY M/V WYATT CANDIES
   IN 19-31.87S 039-15.45W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 302200Z OCT 16.

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.
Underwater operations
Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · survey operations

541 within 180 nm since 2000 · 53 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:36Z; 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.