Debris

Ten meter fad adrift in vicinity 13-05.61S 045-12.12E

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2142/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-08-08 07:17Z

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) · AVURNAV LA REUNION 19/22 050457Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-05 07:19Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -13.094, 45.202. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →

issued: 2022-08-05 07:19Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-08-08 07:17Z
authority: AVURNAV LA REUNION 19/22 050457Z AUG 22.
issued by: AVURNAV LA REUNION
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -13.094, 45.202
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS (MAYOTTE).
DNC 02.
1. TEN METER FAD ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   13-05.61S 045-12.12E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080717Z AUG 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.
Fish aggregating device (FAD): Floating rafts, nets and lines used by fishing fleets — hazards to propellers when they are adrift or unlit.
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.
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 · drifting objects

3 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.

Cylindrical grey metallic object adrift in 13-01.00S 045-11.00E2024-04-11
Object adrift in 11-00S 046-36E2012-11-29

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

NAVAREA VII 267 of 2026 : (23 sep 26) 1. indian ocean - sw sector - offshore mayotte 2. chart san 1 3. rv…Surveys · 34.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:21Z; 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.