Exercises

Hazardous operations will occur within three miles of 36-28.65S 174-09.63E in the Tasman Sea, New Zealand, daily from 12 to 17 April, 1900Z to 0500Z.

Tasman Sea · New Zealand · HYDROPAC 1041/26

issued
2026-04-07 05:05Z
status
cancelled 2026-08-17 00:00Z (dropped from snapshot)
self-cancels
2026-04-18 06:00Z
sea
Tasman Sea
position
-36.477, 174.161 · r 3.0 nm
source
nga_wayback · first seen 2026-04-17 16:00Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
NEW ZEALAND.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1900Z TO 0500Z
   DAILY 12 THRU 17 APR IN AREA WITHIN
   THREE MILES OF 36-28.65S 174-09.63E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180600Z APR 26.

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-04-12 19:00Z2026-04-13 05:00Z—10 h
2026-04-13 19:00Z2026-04-14 05:00Z—10 h
2026-04-14 19:00Z2026-04-15 05:00Z—10 h
2026-04-15 19:00Z2026-04-16 05:00Z—10 h
2026-04-16 19:00Z2026-04-17 05:00Z—10 h
2026-04-17 19:00Z2026-04-18 05:00Z—10 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 · military exercises

129 within 180 nm since 2003 · 4 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now

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