Geophysical operations 25 apr thru 24 may by M/V mermaid discovery in area bound by 08-58.09N 079-03.59E,…
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 1376/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-05-07 22:59Z
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 VIII 308/15 241006Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-24 20:58Z. 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
- Laccadive 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1376/15 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2015-04-24 20:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 308/15 241006Z APR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 8.945, 79.081
- vessel
- M/V MERMAID DISCOVERY · 15 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
INDIA-SOUTH COAST. GULF OF MANNAR. DNC 03. 1. GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS 25 APR THRU 24 MAY BY M/V MERMAID DISCOVERY IN AREA BOUND BY 08-58.09N 079-03.59E, 08-58.11N 079-06.32E, 08-55.40N 079-06.35E, 08-55.38N 079-03.10E. FIVE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 25 MAY 15.
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.
- 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 · other warnings
15 within 180 nm since 2001 · 1 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.
- Naval operations 270230 nov to 041830Z dec in area bound by 08-38.25N 076-46.91E, 08-29.61N 076-36.87E,…2025-11-20
- Naval operations 050230Z to 071030Z mar in area bound by 09-05.00N 082-15.00E, 09-05.00N 080-55.00E,…2024-03-04
- F/V reported sunk in vicinity 09-39.49N 079-26.97E2023-08-05
- M/V huawei 7, suffered an engine room fire in 07-36.11N 077-03.47E2017-03-19
- Two f/v's sunk in: a. 06-44N 079-44E2016-11-28
- 34 foot vessel golden cat sunk in 09-55.4N 076-13.3E2016-01-28
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 12:32Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.