Restricted

Navigation prohibited 051000Z thru 071200Z jun in area bound by 43-39.4N 001-13.6W, 49-23.2N 000-06.6W and…

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 958/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-06-03 16:25Z

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 729/04 030914Z JUN 04. Issued 2004-06-03 12:35Z. 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 46.522, -0.668. 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 Bay of Biscay →

issued
2004-06-03 12:35Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2004-06-07 13:00Z
authority
WZ 729/04 030914Z JUN 04
issued by
WZ
sea
Bay of Biscay
position
46.522, -0.668
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. NAVIGATION PROHIBITED 051000Z THRU 071200Z JUN
   IN AREA BOUND BY 43-39.4N 001-13.6W,
   49-23.2N 000-06.6W AND COASTLINE.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071300Z JUN.

Reading this warning

Navigation prohibited
Ships may not enter or pass through the area, or a port is closed to traffic.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · restricted areas & port closures

1 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

2 restricted areas & port closures listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:46Z; source collection times vary.

Restricted

Navigation prohibited, exclusion and security zones, ports closed to traffic. All current restricted areas & port closures →

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.