Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geowave champion towing ten 6000 meter long cables in…
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 1078/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-08-06 08:24Z
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 XI 267/08 06 JUN 08.. Issued 2008-06-06 09:38Z. 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
- Timor Sea. 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
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geowave champion towing four 6000 meter long cables…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1078/08 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2008-06-06 09:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 267/08 06 JUN 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -10.355, 126.327
- vessel
- M/V GEOWAVE CHAMPION · 24 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V GEOWAVE CHAMPION TOWING TEN 6000 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 10-18S 126-22E, 10-21S 126-32E, 10-45S 126-32E, 10-45S 126-30E, 10-46S 126-30E, 10-46S 126-23E, 10-27S 126-23E, 10-27S 126-08E, 10-14S 126-08E, 10-05S 126-04E, 10-01S 126-15E, 10-02S 126-22E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1072/08.
Reading this warning
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Towed array / streamer
- Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
23 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile d aix in area bound by 08-42.00S…2024-07-21
- Cable operations in progress until 12 may by cableship reliance in area bound by 11-30.7S 126-26.8E,…2021-05-05
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz along trackline between…2016-09-04
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 11-20.5S 126-38.0E2016-09-01
- Seismic survey in progress until 15 mar 16 by M/V bgp prospector towing 12 9000 meter long cables in area…2015-12-24
- Seismic survey 08 may until further notice by M/V voyager explorer towing 10050 meter long cable in area…2014-05-07
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:45Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.