Exercises

Gunnery exercises are underway from 7 to 9 September in an area within ten miles of 22-42S 166-00E near New Caledonia.

Coral Sea · New Caledonia · HYDROPAC 2568/26

issued
2026-09-07 05:47Z
status
cancelled 2026-09-08 17:45Z (dropped from inforce)
self-cancels
2026-09-09 05:00Z
sea
Coral Sea
position
-22.700, 166.000 · r 10.0 nm
source
nga_inforce · first seen 2026-09-08 18:32Z

Original warning text

CORAL SEA.
NEW CALEDONIA.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 071930Z TO 090400Z SEP
   IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF
   22-42.00S 166-00.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090500Z SEP 26.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-09-07 19:30Z2026-09-09 04:00Z32 h 30

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

234 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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

30 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.