Oceanographic operations by M/V pelagia: a. 220030Z to 222000Z may in area bound by 42-27.5N 003-50.0E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 877/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-05-25 09:50Z
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 III 268/04 212334Z MAY 04. Issued 2004-05-22 00:01Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-22 00:30Z | 2004-05-22 20:00Z | — | 19 h 30 |
| 2004-05-24 00:01Z | 2004-05-25 18:00Z | — | 41 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2004-05-22 00:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2004-05-25 19:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 268/04 212334Z MAY 04
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 42.381, 3.593
- vessel
- M/V PELAGIA · 26 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS BY M/V PELAGIA:
A. 220030Z TO 222000Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
42-27.5N 003-50.0E, 42-31.5N 003-41.5E,
42-23.2N 003-19.7E, 42-17.0N 003-27.0E,
42-14.0N 003-35.5E, 42-15.9N 003-40.0E.
B. 23 MAY IN AREA BETWEEN
42-10N 42-25N AND 003-15E 003-55E.
C. 240001Z MAY TO 251800Z MAY
IN AREA BETWEEN
42-00N 42-25N AND 003-15E 004-25E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251900Z MAY.
Reading this warning
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- 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
59 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 buoys temporarily established by M/V thalassa 15 jul thru 30 aug in: a. dyfamed, 43-25.00N…2023-07-11
- Survey operations 120900Z to 172359Z apr by M/V l'atalante in vicinity of trackline joining 40-56.00N…2023-04-11
- Survey operations in progress until 111700Z apr by M/V tethys II in vicinity of trackline joining 41-22.0N…2023-04-09
- Survey operations in progress until 111800Z apr by M/V tethys II in vicinity of trackline joining 40-07.0N…2023-04-09
- Survey operations 041400Z to 061400Z apr by M/V tethys 2 in area bound by 40-05.00N 006-16.70E, 39-31.20N…2023-04-03
- Survey operations 041700Z to 062359Z apr by M/V l'atalante in vicinity of trackline joining 40-46.00N…2023-04-03
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 06:33Z; 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.