Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 302300Z sep by cableship ile de brehat in area bound by 34-58.0S…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2634/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-09-30 23:59Z

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 VI 493/17 282013Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-28 22:14Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2017-08-28 22:14Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2017-09-30 23:59Z
authority
NAVAREA VI 493/17 282013Z AUG 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-34.692, -50.676
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
URUGUAY.
BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
DNC 01, DNC 07.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 302300Z SEP
   BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BREHAT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   34-58.0S 054-54.0W, 35-02.0S 054-50.4W,
   35-09.1S 054-40.6W, 35-27.7S 053-49.0W,
   35-36.6S 052-49.8W, 35-37.4S 052-43.7W,
   35-40.5S 052-35.9W, 35-48.2S 052-16.9W,
   35-52.1S 052-11.4W, 35-59.4S 050-21.9W,
   36-03.5S 049-41.7W, 35-30.4S 049-06.0W,
   35-08.1S 048-44.7W, 32-47.6S 047-06.0W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2509/17.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 302359Z SEP 17.

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.
Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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 · cable & pipeline work

497 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:58Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.