Surveys

Underwater operations 210900Z to 211700Z, 250700Z to 251200Z and 260900Z to 261400Z mar in area within 40…

Bay of Biscay · Celtic Sea · France · HYDROLANT 774/22

issued
2022-03-17 13:43Z
status
cancelled 2022-03-26 15:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2022-03-26 15:00Z
authority
AVURNAV BREST 148/22 171200Z MAR 22.
sea
Celtic Sea
position
47.417, -5.367 · r 40.0 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
CELTIC SEA.
FRANCE.
DNC 08, DNC 20.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 210900Z TO 211700Z,
   250700Z TO 251200Z AND 260900Z TO 261400Z MAR
   IN AREA WITHIN 40 MILES OF 47-25N 005-22W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261500Z MAR 22.

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-03-21 09:00Z2022-03-21 17:00Z8 h
2022-03-25 07:00Z2022-03-25 12:00Z5 h
2022-03-26 09:00Z2022-03-26 14:00Z5 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · survey operations

465 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

86 survey operations in force · see all

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.