Surveys

Underwater operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 12 and 14 jun in area bound by 13-27.75N 144-37.58E, 13-27.22N…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1930/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-06-15 09:00Z

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) · COMCOGARD FORCES MICRONESIA SECTOR GUAM 226/23 090613Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-09 09:49Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-06-09 09:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-06-15 09:00Z
authority
COMCOGARD FORCES MICRONESIA SECTOR GUAM 226/23 090613Z JUN 23.
issued by
COMCOGARD FORCES MICRONESIA SECTOR GUAM
sea
Philippine Sea
position
13.485, 144.561
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PHILIPPINE SEA.
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
GUAM.
DNC 12.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 2200Z TO 0800Z
   DAILY 12 AND 14 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
   13-27.75N 144-37.58E, 13-27.22N 144-37.45E,
   13-29.40N 144-30.45E, 13-31.01N 144-31.48E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150900Z JUN 23.

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.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

18 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

55 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:02Z; 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.