15 meter log adrift in vicinity 37-29S 176-12E at 292200Z apr
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1518/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-05-02 22:36Z
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) · CNW 108/17 292200Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-29 22:36Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -37.483, 176.200. 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 South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-04-29 22:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-05-02 22:36Z
- authority
- CNW 108/17 292200Z APR 17.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -37.483, 176.200
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 06. 1. 15 METER LOG ADRIFT IN VICINITY 37-29S 176-12E AT 292200Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 022236Z MAY 17.
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.
- 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
25 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Debris and logs adrift in vicinity 38-31.70S 178-17.90E2023-03-10
- Wood and logs adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 39-38.80S 177-07.35E, 39-19.00S 178-13.20E, 37-25.90S…2023-02-18
- 25 foot long log adrift in vicinity 36-49.92S 175-42.60E at 220310Z dec2021-12-22
- Large log adrift in vicinity 36-08.02S 174-47.05E at 250005Z feb2020-02-25
- 200 meter long rope with three buoys adrift in vicinity 35-47.2S 176-16.6E at 110500Z jan2020-01-11
- 18 meter long log adrift in vicinity 39-48.12S 177-07.00E at 180420Z sep2018-09-18
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 2026-09-29 11:40Z; 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.