Discolored water reported in vicinity 25-27.10N 141-14.50E at 110433Z may
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1568/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-14 13:33Z
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) · NAVAREA XI 162/23 120128Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-12 03:26Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 25.452, 141.242. 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
- Discolored water reported in vicinity 25-27.10N 141-14.50E at 140425Z junlater cancellation notice
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 809/222022-03-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1568/23 · this notice2023-05-12 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA XI 206/232023-06-14 · Listed in force
- HYDROPAC 1982/232023-06-14 · Cancelled notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2023-05-12 03:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 162/23 120128Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 25.452, 141.242
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA. JAPAN. DNC 12. DISCOLORED WATER REPORTED IN VICINITY 25-27.10N 141-14.50E AT 110433Z MAY.
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.
- Discoloured water
- Patches of unusually coloured sea — often a sign of a submarine volcano or of a shoal.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · volcanic activity
88 within 180 nm since 1996 · 2 in the last 12 months · 7 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.
- Volcanic activity reported in area within one mile of 27-14.60N 140-52.70E at 080200Z sep2026-09-08
- 080200UTC issued at 080200UTC sep 2026 volcanic warning volcano name:nishino shima LOCATION:27-14.6N…2026-09-08
- Volcanic activity reported at io-to in vicinty of 24-45.00N 141-17.3E2025-09-02
- Volcanic activity reported in area within 400 meters of 24-45.44N 141-19.60E2024-10-23
- Volcanic activity reported in area within 400 meters of 24-45.44N 141-19.60E at 100428Z nov2023-11-10
- Discolored water reported in vicinity 25-27.10N 141-14.50E at 140425Z jun2023-06-14
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
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 25-27.1N 141-14.5E at 140425Z junVolcanic · 0 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 24-48.8N 141-19.2E at 130800Z julVolcanic · 38.6 nm
- Volcanic activity reported at io-to in vicinty of 24-45.00N 141-17.3EVolcanic · 42.2 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 24-17.2N 141-28.8E at 140350Z junVolcanic · 71.1 nm
- Discoloured water observedVolcanic · 108 nm
- 080200UTC issued at 080200UTC sep 2026 volcanic warning volcano name:nishino shima LOCATION:27-14.6N…Volcanic · 109.3 nm
- Chichi shima, futami ko NR.3 light buoy, 27-04.9N 142-11.2E, L.LNav aids · 110.3 nm
- Discoloured water observed in extending south for 5 miles, 2 mile wide, from 27-16.7N 140-56.6E at 120643Z octVolcanic · 110.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
12 volcanic activity listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 10:56Z; source collection times vary.
Volcanic
Submarine eruptions, discoloured water, pumice rafts. All current volcanic activity →
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.