Exercises

Gunnery exercises take place in the Coral Sea near New Caledonia within 20 miles of 23-00S 165-58E from 13 September 2000 UTC to 16 September 0800 UTC.

Coral Sea · New Caledonia · HYDROPAC 2622/26

issued
2026-09-11 03:45Z
status
in force
self-cancels
2026-09-16 09:00Z
sea
Coral Sea
position
-23.000, 165.967 · r 20.0 nm
nearest port
Noumea · 51 nm
source
nga_inforce · first seen 2026-09-11 17:02Z

Original warning text

CORAL SEA.
NEW CALEDONIA.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 132000Z TO 160800Z SEP
   IN AREA WITHIN 20 MILES OF
   23-00.00S 165-58.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160900Z SEP 26.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-09-13 20:00Z2026-09-16 08:00Z60 h

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

Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

This area · military exercises

235 within 180 nm since 2000 · 4 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

24 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.