Underwater operations in progress until 26 oct by unmanned five meter M/V bauza in area within 12 miles of…
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland · HYDROLANT 3155/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-27 00:01Z
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) · WZ 1086/18 080515Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-08 08:14Z. 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
- Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland. The parsed report position is 57.375, -5.925 with a 12.0 nm radius. 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 Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland →
- issued
- 2018-10-08 08:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1086/18 080515Z OCT 18.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
- position
- 57.375, -5.925 · r 12.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V BAUZA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH MINCH. SCOTLAND. DNC 19, DNC 20. 1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 26 OCT BY UNMANNED FIVE METER M/V BAUZA IN AREA WITHIN 12 MILES OF 57-22.5N 005-55.5W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 27 OCT 18.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
124 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.
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V normand frontier in vicinity of trackline…2020-10-25
- Underwater operations in progress until 050100Z jun in area bound by 56-38N 006-48W, 59-06N 006-48W, 59-06N…2020-05-03
- Underwater operations in progress until 07 apr in area bound by 58-19N 003-24W, 59-25N 003-24W, 59-25N…2020-03-05
- Underwater operations in progress until 012000Z nov by M/V sd northern river with submersible in area bound…2019-10-28
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V havila subsea with submersible in area bound by…2019-09-03
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V sanco swift towing 12 9000 meter long cables in…2018-09-21
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 08:06Z; 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.