Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ares within one mile of 51-19N 003-54W
Bristol Channel · HYDROLANT 4223/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-12-25 11:45Z
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 2442/00 241038Z DEC 00. Issued 2000-12-24 11:20Z. 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
- Bristol Channel. The parsed report position is 51.317, -3.900 with a 1.0 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Bristol Channel →
- issued
- 2000-12-24 11:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 2442/00 241038Z DEC 00
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Bristol Channel
- position
- 51.317, -3.900 · r 1.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V ARES · 50 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 ARES WITHIN ONE MILE OF 51-19N 003-54W. 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
758 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 zwerver I in area bound by 53-34.50N…2026-09-14
- Survey operations in progress until 31 oct by M/V ramform vanguard towing cables in area bound by 53-44.12N…2024-09-26
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V sw amundsen towing seven 2200 meter long cables in…2024-04-18
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V mintaka I in vicinity of trackline joining…2023-08-06
- Underwater operations 180800Z to 192200Z nov by M/V willchallenge in vicinity of 50-19.0N 004-14.7W2022-11-17
- Survey operations 15 sept thru 20 oct by M/V thlassa in vicinity of trackline joining 48-30.00N 006-00.00W,…2022-09-14
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
54 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 11:25Z; 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.