Restricted

Navigation is prohibited within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42E in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait.

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1415/25

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2025-06-01 05:43Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 29.218, 48.740 with a 0.3 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Persian Gulf →

issued: 2025-06-01 05:43Z
status: Listed in force
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 29.218, 48.740 · r 0.3 nm
nearest port: Al Kuwayt · 42 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
KUWAIT.
DNC 10.
NAVIGATION PROHIBITED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
IN AREA WITHIN 600 METERS OF 29-13.10N 048-44.42E.

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.
Navigation prohibited: Ships may not enter or pass through the area, or a port is closed to traffic.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Within a radius of: A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · restricted areas & port closures

8 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 2 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

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

Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 3 nm
Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 20.9 nm
Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 28.7 nm
Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 31.2 nm
Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 31.5 nm
Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 106.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:16Z; 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.