Underwater operations 27 dec thru 07 mar 10 by M/V west aquarius in 06-42-05.7N 118-47-32.4E
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 2398/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-03-08 00:01Z
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 854/09 220740Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-22 08:13Z. 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
- Sulu Sea. The parsed report position is 6.702, 118.792. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2009-12-22 08:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 854/09 220740Z DEC 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 6.702, 118.792
- vessel
- M/V WEST AQUARIUS
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 27 DEC THRU 07 MAR 10 BY M/V WEST AQUARIUS IN 06-42-05.7N 118-47-32.4E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 08 MAR 10.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
3 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:52Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey 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.