Cable operations by ship Responder are underway in Bass Strait and Tasman Sea, Australia, until further notice; a one-mile berth is requested.
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1873/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-06-29 12:17Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 12:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Tasman Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-06-29 12:17Z
- status
- Listed in force
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -38.347, 151.525
- nearest port
- Eden · 115 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. TASMAN SEA. AUSTRALIA. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RESPONDER WITHIN FIVE MILES OF TRACKLINE JOINING 38-19.86S 144-19.61E, 39-06.11S 145-33.18E, 39-17.45S 146-22.33E, 39-23.78S 148-40.00E, 39-20.00S 149-46.17E, 37-18.44S 153-20.94E. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Conditions at the position · now
loading…
MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
12 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Special purpose vessel responder / V7CY9 / 538001582 conducting cable laying operations 5 nm either side of…2026-06-29
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de brehat along trackline joining 38-31S…2018-12-13
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de brehat along trackline joining 38-31S…2018-12-13
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V western monarch towing seven 3 mile long cables in…2003-02-21
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by M/V rockwater 2 vicinity of trackline between…2002-07-25
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geco beta towing eight 3 mile long cables in area…2002-06-30
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
22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 13:01Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.