Underwater operations in progress until further notice in vicinity 25-26.80N 055-14.40E
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1759/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-15 17:07Z
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 IX 217/23 261505Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-26 15:18Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.447, 55.240. 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
- Salvage operations in progress until further notice in vicinity 25-26.86N 055-14.35Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2023-05-26 15:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 217/23 261505Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.447, 55.240
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. DNC 10. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN VICINITY 25-26.80N 055-14.40E. TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
305 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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 in progress until 17 sep by M/V hua xing long in 25-11.30N 056-24.40E2026-09-14
- Underwater operations 08 thru 10 sep by vessel wish way in 25-11.30N 056-24.40E2026-09-07
- Survey operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V HALUL-51 with submersible along tracklines joining: a.…2025-10-01
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 83 in area bound by 25-45.28N 051-56.59E,…2025-06-19
- Survey operations 12 thru 17 jun by M/V halul 83 in area bound by 25-45.28N 051-56.59E, 25-45.28N…2025-06-11
- Underwater operations 22 aug until further notice by M/V said aletheia in area bound by 25-58.16N…2024-08-21
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
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 5.7 nm
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 60.1 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 62.5 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 64.4 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 83.1 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 101 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:35Z; 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.