Survey operations in progress until 202359Z oct by M/V sarmiento de gamboa towing 600 meter long cable in…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3131/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-10-21 01:00Z
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 348/19 141314Z OCT 19.. Issued 2019-10-14 13:56Z. 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
- North 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2019-10-14 13:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-10-21 01:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 348/19 141314Z OCT 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.000, -8.750
- vessel
- M/V SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA · 67 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. GULF OF CADIZ. PORTUGAL. DNC 08. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 202359Z OCT BY M/V SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA TOWING 600 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 37-20N 011-00W, 34-40N 011-00W, 34-40N 006-30W, 37-20N 006-30W. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3121/19. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 210100Z OCT 19.
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.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- Towed array / streamer
- Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
121 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.
- Survey operations in progress until 06 feb by r/v maria s. merian in area bound by 35-45.00N 008-00.00W,…2024-01-29
- Underwater operations 281200Z dec until further notice by M/V joides resolution in vicinity 36-42.00N…2023-12-28
- Survey operations 06 nov thru 17 by M/V ramon margalef in area bounded by: 36-00.00N 006-00.00W, 36-00.00N…2023-11-06
- Survey operations 06 nov thru 17 by M/V ramon margalef in area bounded by: 36-00.0N 006-00.0W, 36-00.0N…2023-11-03
- Survey operations in progress until 192300Z mar by M/V ramon margalef in area bound by: 35-48.0N 007-34.0W,…2023-03-14
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V dar al beida in area bound by 36-00.00N…2023-02-20
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
- Derelict vessel adriftDerelicts · 102.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:46Z; 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.