Underwater operations sunrise to sunset daily by M/V thalassa within 18 miles of: a. 47-20N 005-00W on 22 oct
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 3571/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-10-24 00:00Z
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 305/00 211530Z OCT 00. Issued 2000-10-21 15:42Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 47.083, -4.917. 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 Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2000-10-21 15:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 305/00 211530Z OCT 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 47.083, -4.917
- 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
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS SUNRISE TO SUNSET DAILY BY M/V THALASSA WITHIN 18 MILES OF: A. 47-20N 005-00W ON 22 OCT. B. 46-50N 004-50W ON 23 OCT. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 OCT.
Reading this warning
- 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
418 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.
- Scientific mooring established in 47-35.83N 007-23.92W2024-07-23
- Scientific moorings, marked by buoys, established in: a. 45-51.50N 002-02.00W2024-07-10
- Survey operations 19 apr thru 28 may by M/V thalassa along trackline joining 47-50.31N 004-08.86W, 43-22.95N…2024-04-17
- Survey operations 09 thru 13 oct by M/V minibex in area bound by 45-44.78N 001-55.27W, 45-53.86N 002-02.56W,…2023-10-06
- Underwater operations 02 thru 11 oct by M/V atalante in area bound by 47-26.59N 006-34.33W, 46-52.40N…2023-09-29
- Survey operations in progress until 060001Z oct by M/V pourquoi pas in area bound by 47-17.05N 009-17.05W,…2023-09-25
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
- Special operationsExercises · 111.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:11Z; 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.