Hazardous operations 0030Z to 0230Z daily 19 thru 28 oct in areas: a. within ten miles of 13-43.2N 080-13.8E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2015/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-10-24 09:07Z
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 VIII 415/08 131001Z OCT 08.. Issued 2008-10-15 11:22Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 10 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10-19 00:30Z | 2008-10-19 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-20 00:30Z | 2008-10-20 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-21 00:30Z | 2008-10-21 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-22 00:30Z | 2008-10-22 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-23 00:30Z | 2008-10-23 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-24 00:30Z | 2008-10-24 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-25 00:30Z | 2008-10-25 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2008-10-26 00:30Z | 2008-10-26 02:30Z | — | 2 h |
| … 2 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2008-10-15 11:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2008-10-28 03:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 415/08 131001Z OCT 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -12.500, -110.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0030Z TO 0230Z DAILY
19 THRU 28 OCT IN AREAS:
A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E.
B. WITHIN 75 MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E
BETWEEN 80 DEGREES AND 125 DEGREES.
C. BETWEEN 12-45N 13-15N AND 082-45E 084-00E.
D. BETWEEN 12-25N 13-00N AND 084-00E 085-40E.
E. BETWEEN 11-25N 12-00N AND 088-10E 089-10E.
F. BETWEEN 08-45N 10-45N AND 094-30E 095-30E.
G. BOUND BY
17-00S 130-00W, 09-00S 090-00W,
08-00S 090-00W, 16-00S 130-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280330Z OCT.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
4 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 251707Z to 252137Z, 261645Z to 262115Z 271624Z to 272057Z, 281602Z to 282035Z feb and…2022-02-21
- Hazardous operations 1707Z to 2137Z daily 25 and 26 feb in area bound by 01-00N 115-00W, 11-00S 103-00W,…2022-02-21
- Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1130Z daily 12 thru 17 sep in area bound by 16-15S 130-00W, 17-15S 130-00W,…2002-09-10
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:29Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.