Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V discovery within two miles of 57-35N 000-42W
North Sea · HYDROLANT 3325/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-10-03 22:07Z
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 1869/00 271933Z SEP 00. Issued 2000-09-27 21:00Z. 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 Sea. The parsed report position is 57.583, -0.700 with a 2.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Uderwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ace nature vicinity 52-29N 002-15Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2000-09-27 21:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1869/00 271933Z SEP 00
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- North Sea
- position
- 57.583, -0.700 · r 2.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V DISCOVERY · 52 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V DISCOVERY WITHIN TWO MILES OF 57-35N 000-42W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
173 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 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 further notice by M/V ramform atlas towing 15 7050 meter long cables in…2026-09-02
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V amazon conqueror towing eight one mile long cables…2026-08-15
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ramform hyperion towing ten 2740 meter long cables2026-08-03
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V amazon conqueror towing eight 1609 meter long…2026-07-31
- Survey operations in progress until 25 may by M/V ramform tethys towing 12 8000 meter long cables in area…2024-04-22
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ramform atlas towing 14 6000 meter long cables in…2023-09-27
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 17:14Z; 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.