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South china sea 1. seismic survey 31 aug thru 15 oct by M/V pacific finder towing 8100 meter long cable in…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2445/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-11 08:35Z

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 676/11 300006Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-30 00:57Z. 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
South China Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2011-08-30 00:57Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 676/11 300006Z AUG 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
4.600, 111.693
vessel
M/V PACIFIC FINDER · 24 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA
1. SEISMIC SURVEY 31 AUG THRU 15 OCT BY
   M/V PACIFIC FINDER TOWING 8100 METER
   LONG CABLE IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 07-30N 111-50E, 06-00N 112-50E,
      05-52N 112-38E, 06-15N 111-50E,
      06-50N 111-20E.
   B. 05-00N 111-23E, 05-00N 111-35E,
      04-55N 111-35E, 04-55N 112-15E,
      04-22N 112-10E, 04-22N 111-45E,
      04-27N 111-45E, 04-27N 111-15E,
      04-45N 111-07E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 OCT.

Reading this warning

Seismic survey
A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

56 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:47Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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