Exercises

Hazardous operations occur daily from September 6 to 11, 2000 to 0400 UTC, within three miles of 36-28.65S 174-09.63E in the Tasman Sea, New Zealand.

Tasman Sea · New Zealand · HYDROPAC 2507/26

issued
2026-09-01 21:27Z
status
cancelled 2026-09-02 12:00Z (dropped from inforce)
self-cancels
2026-09-11 05:00Z
sea
Tasman Sea
position
-36.477, 174.161 · r 3.0 nm
source
nga_inforce · first seen 2026-09-02 14:02Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
NEW ZEALAND.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2000Z TO 0400Z
   DAILY 06 THRU 11 SEP IN AREA WITHIN
   THREE MILES OF 36-28.65S 174-09.63E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110500Z SEP 26.

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-09-06 20:00Z2026-09-07 04:00Z—8 h
2026-09-07 20:00Z2026-09-08 04:00Z—8 h
2026-09-08 20:00Z2026-09-09 04:00Z—8 h
2026-09-09 20:00Z2026-09-10 04:00Z—8 h
2026-09-10 20:00Z2026-09-11 04:00Z—8 h
2026-09-11 20:00Z2026-09-12 04:00Z—8 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

130 within 180 nm since 2003 · 5 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

46 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.