Eight meter mooring buoy adrift in 27-05.0N 142-12.2E at 072045Z aug
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 2273/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-08-11 00:48Z
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 XI 247/21 080045Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-08 00:48Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 27.083, 142.203. 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 Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2021-08-08 00:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-08-11 00:48Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 247/21 080045Z AUG 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 27.083, 142.203
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA. JAPAN. DNC 12. 1. EIGHT METER MOORING BUOY ADRIFT IN 27-05.0N 142-12.2E AT 072045Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110048Z AUG 21.
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.
- 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
6 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.
- Nga chart 97521 (6TH ed)2010-02-08
- Ten meter white, cylindrical object adrift vicinity 29-05N 141-34E at 101000Z sep2002-09-10
- Ten meter objects adrift at 040515Z feb vicinity: a. 29-29.1N 141-24.2E2002-02-04
- Seven meter long white cylindrical object adrift vicinity 29-16.5N 140-23.0E at 020200Z oct2001-10-02
- Ten meter white cylindrical object adrift vicinity 28-19.5N 139-38.1E at 160730Z sep2001-09-16
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
- Chichi shima, futami ko NR.3 light buoy, 27-04.9N 142-11.2E, L.LNav aids · 0.9 nm
- Discoloured water observed in extending south for 5 miles, 2 mile wide, from 27-16.7N 140-56.6E at 120643Z octVolcanic · 68.3 nm
- Discoloured water observedVolcanic · 69 nm
- 080200UTC issued at 080200UTC sep 2026 volcanic warning volcano name:nishino shima LOCATION:27-14.6N…Volcanic · 71.4 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 25-27.1N 141-14.5E at 140425Z junVolcanic · 110.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:22Z; 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.