25 meter long partially submerged log with 100 meter long fishing net adrift in 10-54.65S 142-49.76E at…
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 144/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-01-16 07:30Z
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 5/11 130635Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-13 07:38Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -10.911, 142.829. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 144/11 · this notice2011-01-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 179/112011-01-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 192/112011-01-17 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2011-01-13 07:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-01-16 07:30Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 5/11 130635Z JAN 11.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -10.911, 142.829
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TORRES STRAIT. 1. 25 METER LONG PARTIALLY SUBMERGED LOG WITH 100 METER LONG FISHING NET ADRIFT IN 10-54.65S 142-49.76E AT 130304Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160730Z JAN.
Reading this warning
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
31 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.
- Six meter fad adrift in vicinity 09-56.90S 142-27.80E at 140640Z mar2023-03-14
- Fishing net adrift in vicinity 09-48.93S 141-53.12E at 230707Z jan2023-01-23
- Ten meter log adrift in 09-54.85S 143-22.43E at 190312Z nov2022-11-19
- Nine meter long log adrift in 09-35.23S 143-03.97E at 041050Z aug 212021-08-04
- Three meter fishing net adrift in 09-54.7S 142-05.9E at 242330Z may2021-05-25
- Ten meter log adrift in vicinity 10-33.14S 142-04.13E at 242053Z jan 202020-01-25
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
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 81.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 17:35Z; 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.