Anchoring prohibited in a bounded area in the Persian Gulf off the United Arab Emirates between latitudes 25-24N and 25-28N, longitudes 055-05E and 055-10E.
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1903/26
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 2026-07-02 15:32Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Persian Gulf. 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
- 2026-07-02 15:32Z
- status
- Listed in force
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.438, 55.136
- nearest port
- Dubai · 13 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. ANCHORING PROHIBITED IN AREA BOUND BY 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E, 25-28.15N 055-09.36E, 25-27.12N 055-09.36E, 25-26.60N 055-10.65E, 25-25.39N 055-10.75E, 25-24.52N 055-08.77E, 25-24.19N 055-06.88E, 25-25.85N 055-05.93E.
Reading this warning
- Anchoring and fishing prohibited
- Ships may pass but must not anchor, trawl or put gear on the seabed — usually because of cables, pipelines, moorings or ordnance.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
62 within 180 nm since 1998 · 9 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.
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, is on fire and anchored in 26-24.80N 056-27.60E2026-09-24
- M/V trend suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-25.60N 056-24.00E2026-09-17
- Vessel senegal prosperity suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-18.80N 056-33.60E2026-09-01
- Vessel sidar suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-26.10N 056-30.00E2026-09-01
- M/V burgan suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-22.50N 056-20.40E2026-08-30
- M/V alsalam II suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-23.40N 056-30.50E2026-08-26
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
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 54.5 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 67.8 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 70.1 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 87.6 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 95.3 nm
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 96.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 04:59Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.