Underwater ordnance detonations in progress until 272359Z nov within five miles of: a. 25-06N 058-00E
Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 2204/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-28 00:59Z
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) · CTG 72.8 260300Z NOV 02. Issued 2002-11-26 06:50Z. 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
- Gulf of Oman. The parsed report position is 25.175, 58.125. 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
- Underwater ordnance detonations 251800Z to 262359Z nov within five miles of: a. 25-06N 058-00Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2002-11-26 06:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-11-28 00:59Z
- authority
- CTG 72.8 260300Z NOV 02
- issued by
- CTG
- sea
- Gulf of Oman
- position
- 25.175, 58.125
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 272359Z NOV WITHIN FIVE MILES OF: A. 25-06N 058-00E. B. 25-15N 058-15E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2175/02. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 280059Z NOV.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 · ordnance operations
5 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Explosive dumping areas established as follows: a. area a between 24-24N 24-34N and 060-14E 060-28E2004-06-29
- Underwater ordnance detonations 250001Z to 292359Z jan within five miles of: a. 25-06N 058-00E2003-01-23
- Underwater ordnance detonations 251800Z to 262359Z nov within five miles of: a. 25-06N 058-00E2002-11-22
- Underwater ordnance detonations 020500Z to 021100Z aug in area bound by 24-38N 059-13E, 24-55N 059-23E,…2001-07-30
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
- Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 33.9 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 96.5 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 97.4 nm
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 111.2 nm
- Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 112.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 12:16Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance 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.