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Oceanographic operations 17 dec to 03 jan by M/V le suroit in area bound by 00-00 023-00W, 10-00S 010-00W,…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2750/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-01-04 00:00Z

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 II 488/02 140437Z DEC 02. Issued 2002-12-14 09:35Z. 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 -8.000, -10.000. 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 →

issued: 2002-12-14 09:35Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA II 488/02 140437Z DEC 02
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -8.000, -10.000
vessel: M/V LE SUROIT · 66 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS 17 DEC TO 03 JAN
   BY M/V LE SUROIT IN AREA BOUND BY
   00-00 023-00W, 10-00S 010-00W,
   06-00S 010-00W, 00-00 010-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 04 JAN 03.

Reading this warning

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

3 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:38Z; 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.