Surveys

Oceanographic operations 110001Z to 120001Z nov by M/V thalassa in area bound by 48-19.83N 008-46.52W,…

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 2761/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-11-12 01:01Z

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 403/15 101230Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-10 17:44Z. 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: Celtic Sea. 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 Celtic Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2015-11-11 00:01Z	2015-11-12 00:01Z	—	24 h

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

issued: 2015-11-10 17:44Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2015-11-12 01:01Z
authority: NAVAREA II 403/15 101230Z NOV 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Celtic Sea
position: 48.663, -8.457
vessel: M/V THALASSA · 139 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
CELTIC SEA.
DNC 08, DNC 19.
1. OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS 110001Z TO 120001Z NOV
   BY M/V THALASSA IN AREA BOUND BY
   48-19.83N 008-46.52W, 48-37.90N 008-29.80W,
   48-46.80N 008-33.70W, 48-46.90N 008-13.00W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120101Z NOV 15.

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.
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.
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

539 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.

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

55 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:35Z; 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.