Exercises

Hazardous operations

Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka-south Coast · HYDROPAC 2763/16

issued
2016-09-12 11:25Z
status
cancelled 2016-09-16 09:30Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-09-16 09:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 544/16 12 1050Z SEP 16.
sea
Indian Ocean
position
5.500, 80.500 · r 5.0 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SRI LANKA-SOUTH COAST.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 160330Z TO 160830Z SEP
   WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 05-30N 080-30E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160930Z SEP 16.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-09-16 03:30Z2016-09-16 08:30Z5 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

28 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 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.