Buoy, yellow, fl w, adrift in 19-57.3S 114-24.8E at 171202Z jul
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2206/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-07-10 17:10Z
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 81/19 071654Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-07 17:10Z. 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 -19.955, 114.413. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-07-07 17:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-07-10 17:10Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 81/19 071654Z JUL 19.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -19.955, 114.413
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 04. 1. BUOY, YELLOW, FL W, ADRIFT IN 19-57.3S 114-24.8E AT 171202Z JUL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101710Z JUL 19.
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.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
- 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.
- 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
5 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- Six meter buoy, yellow, adrift in 20-57.3S 114-24.8E at 080730Z jul2019-07-08
- Two orange buoys with 20 meter long rope adrift in 19-36S 116-05E at 081000Z jun2012-06-08
- Six meter long log adrift in 21-05.25S 115-10.52E at 270001Z jul2010-07-27
- Yellow buoy adrift in 22-11.46S 113-19.32E at 040148Z feb2004-02-04
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
- Drill rig jansz FCS/995031119 in position 19-52.73S 114-36.50E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 11.9 nm
- Special purpose vessel nexans aurora / LALC8 / 257682000 conducting cable laying operations from 19 52.44S…Cable ops · 38.8 nm
- Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 79.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 11:16Z; 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.