Seismic survey in progress until 17 dec by M/V oceanic vega towing 9300 meter long cable in area bound by…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3333/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-18 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) · NAVAREA V COASTAL 1055/16 100035Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-10 00:55Z. 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 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-12-10 00:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL 1055/16 100035Z DEC 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -26.027, -40.489
- vessel
- M/V OCEANIC VEGA · 63 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 01. 1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 17 DEC BY M/V OCEANIC VEGA TOWING 9300 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 24-51.65S 043-01.10W, 24-38.40S 042-32.88W, 24-37.80S 041-48.73W, 23-14.70S 038-48.82W, 26-29.75S 037-10.58W, 28-30.15S 041-05.40W, 27-27.78S 041-38.43W, 28-13.98S 043-18.45W, 26-42.83S 044-06.02W, 25-57.68S 042-26.13W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3258/16. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 18 DEC 16.
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.
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- 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.
- 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 · cable & pipeline work
1372 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.
- Cable operations in progress thru 03 jan 24 by M/V puerto real in area bound by 24-31.30S 042-12.30W,…2023-06-23
- Seismic survey in progress until 09 oct by M/V sw diamond towing nine 225 meter long cables in area bound by…2022-10-07
- Underwater operations in progress until 132300Z jul by cableship ile de brehat in: a. 24-03.8S 046-29.2W2017-06-15
- Seismic survey 21 thru 28 jan by oceanic champion towing 12 8000 meter long cables in area bound by…2017-01-19
- Seismic survey 14 thru 21 jan by oceanic champion towing 12 8000 meter cables in area bound by 25-33.47S…2017-01-10
- Seismic survey in progress until 14 jan by oceanic champion towing 12 8000 meter cables in area bound by…2017-01-07
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:41Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.