Underwater operations 27 thru 30 may by M/V marnie d II vicinity: a. 10-29.83S 142-20.52E
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1561/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-31 00:01Z
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) · AUSCOAST 149/16 262236Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-26 23:29Z. 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 -10.508, 142.248. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1561/16 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-05-26 23:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 149/16 262236Z MAY 16.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -10.508, 142.248
- vessel
- M/V MARNIE D II · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. TORRES STRAIT. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. 1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 27 THRU 30 MAY BY M/V MARNIE D II VICINITY: A. 10-29.83S 142-20.52E. B. 10-30.55S 142-12.43E. C. 10-31.09S 142-11.75E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 MAY 16.
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.
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
16 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Underwater operations 30 and 31 may by M/V marnie d II in 10-31.2S 141-54.2E2016-05-26
- Oceanographic equipment established in 10-19.11S 142-46.87E2014-10-16
- Oceanographic equipment established in 10-22.20S 143-05.37E2014-10-16
- 500 meter berth requested2014-01-23
- 500 meter berth requested2014-01-23
- Torres Strait2013-09-24
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:37Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.