Underwater operations in progress until 20 dec by M/V maridive 8 in 27-52.57N 033-41.08E
Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 1902/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-12-21 00:00Z
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 300/01 IOR EGC 24401 230803Z NOV 01. Issued 2001-11-23 15:20Z. 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
- Gulf of Suez. The parsed report position is 27.876, 33.685. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2001-11-23 15:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 300/01 IOR EGC 24401 230803Z NOV 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Suez
- position
- 27.876, 33.685
- vessel
- M/V MARIDIVE 8
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 20 DEC BY M/V MARIDIVE 8 IN 27-52.57N 033-41.08E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 DEC.
Reading this warning
- 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
109 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
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- Survey operations by M/V px geo 2 towing 9000 meter long cables: a. 05 thru 20 dec in area bound by…2021-12-04
- Survey operations in progress until 16 jul by M/V pacific finder in area bound by 28-23.19N 033-05.15E,…2020-05-24
- Survey operations in progress until 26 apr by M/V sanco sword, M/V pacific finder, M/V havila aurora and M/V…2020-04-14
- Underwater operations in progress until 23 nov by M/V klila in 28-00.48N 033-45.55E2016-11-03
- Underwater operations in progress until 20 nov by M/V misr gulf 8 in 28-26.83N 033-03.02E2016-11-03
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 00:01Z; 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.