Debris

Six meter long log adrift in 21-05.25S 115-10.52E at 270001Z jul

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1522/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-07-30 04:40Z

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 67/10 270147Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-27 03:38Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -21.087, 115.175. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2010-07-27 03:38Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2010-07-30 04:40Z
authority: SEA SAFETY 67/10 270147Z JUL 10.
issued by: SEA SAFETY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -21.087, 115.175
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST.
1. SIX METER LONG LOG ADRIFT IN
   21-05.25S 115-10.52E AT 270001Z JUL.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300440Z JUL.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

5 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.

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

Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 48.5 nm
Special purpose vessel nexans aurora / LALC8 / 257682000 conducting cable laying operations from 19 52.44S…Cable ops · 49.3 nm
Drill rig jansz FCS/995031119 in position 19-52.73S 114-36.50E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 79.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:08Z; 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.