Large cylindrical fads adrift in vicinity 14-20.40S 122-09.90E and 13-43.60S 121-44.90E at 151013Z apr
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1232/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-18 14:26Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 29/24 151336Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-15 14:29Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -14.033, 121.957. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2024-04-15 14:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-18 14:26Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 29/24 151336Z APR 24.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -14.033, 121.957
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 04. 1. LARGE CYLINDRICAL FADS ADRIFT IN VICINITY 14-20.40S 122-09.90E AND 13-43.60S 121-44.90E AT 151013Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181426Z APR 24.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Fish aggregating device (FAD)
- Floating rafts, nets and lines used by fishing fleets — hazards to propellers when they are adrift or unlit.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
85 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.
- Orange fad with rope adrift in 14-52.37S 120-54.80E at 260058Z apr2024-04-26
- Fad with rope adrift in 15-06.65S 121-07.30E at 220723Z apr2024-04-22
- Large orange square fad trailing ropes adrift in vicinity 14-01.00S 121-06.60E at 130729Z apr2024-04-13
- Fad with rope adrift in 14-52.88S 119-58.43E at 120531Z apr2024-04-12
- Large fad adrift in 14-59.60S 121-02.70E at 120055Z apr2024-04-12
- Green fad with rope adrift in 14-58.15S 121-24.00E at 120047Z apr2024-04-12
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
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:54Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.