Large orange cylindrical object with rope adrift in vicinity 13-10.46S 123-59.26E at 220558Z jul
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1997/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-07-25 09:24Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 57/22 220718Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-22 09:33Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.174, 123.988. 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
- Large orange cylindrical object with rope adrift in vicinity 13-20.30S 124-04.70E at 210446Z julcancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1988/222022-07-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1997/22 · this notice2022-07-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2040/222022-07-26 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-07-22 09:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-07-25 09:24Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 57/22 220718Z JUL 22.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -13.174, 123.988
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA. DNC 04. 1. LARGE ORANGE CYLINDRICAL OBJECT WITH ROPE ADRIFT IN VICINITY 13-10.46S 123-59.26E AT 220558Z JUL. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1988/22. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 250924Z JUL 22.
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.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
80 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.
- Large cylindrical fads adrift in vicinity 14-20.40S 122-09.90E and 13-43.60S 121-44.90E at 151013Z apr2024-04-15
- Large orange square fad trailing ropes adrift in vicinity 14-01.00S 121-06.60E at 130729Z apr2024-04-13
- Fad with rope adrift in 13-04.90S 122-54.08E2024-03-25
- Fad with rope adrift in 13-06.71S 123-41.05E2024-02-08
- Fad with 200 meter rope adrift in 13-47.13S 123-11.41E at 300716Z dec2023-12-30
- Fad with 30 meter rope adrift in 14-12.50S 121-57.50E at 260730Z sep2023-09-26
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
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V safe boreas in area bound by 12-54.90S…Surveys · 32.8 nm
- Special purpose vessel safe boreas 565905000 supporting underwater operations in an area bounded by…Surveys · 32.8 nm
- Special purpose vessel shark 1/T2DT6/572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by 11-30.00…Surveys · 118 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:50Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.