Hazardous operations are taking place in the Gulf of Khambhat, India, daily from 0230Z to 1130Z on 28 through 30 September in a bounded area.
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2782/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-25 11:09Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 21:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arabian 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.
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 02:30Z | 2026-09-28 11:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2026-09-29 02:30Z | 2026-09-29 11:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2026-09-30 02:30Z | 2026-09-30 11:30Z | — | 9 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-09-25 11:09Z
- status
- Listed in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-09-30 12:30Z
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 20.550, 72.558
- nearest port
- Bhavnagar · 76 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:02Z
Original warning text
GULF OF KHAMBHAT. INDIA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0230Z TO 1130Z DAILY 28 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 20-26.00N 072-27.00E, 20-26.00N 072-40.00E, 20-40.00N 072-40.00E, 20-40.00N 072-27.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301230Z SEP 26.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
193 within 180 nm since 2002 · 10 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Hazardous operations 250230Z to 251130Z sep in area bound by 20-26.00N 072-27.00E, 20-26.00N 072-40.00E,…2026-09-23
- Hazardous operations 090230Z to 091130Z sep in area bound by 20-26.00N 072-27.00E, 20-26.00N 072-40.00E,…2026-09-04
- Hazardous operations in progress until 070800Z sep in area bound by 20-34.37N 069-42.24E, 19-30.42N…2026-08-28
- Hazardous operations 240600Z to 300800Z aug in area bound by 20-22.24N 069-00.48E, 20-34.37N 069-42.24E,…2026-08-24
- Hazardous operations 200230Z to 240230Z aug in area bound by 20-34.37N 069-42.24E, 19-30.42N 070-20.07E,…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations in progress until 200230Z aug in area bound by 20-34.37N 069-42.24E, 19-30.42N…2026-08-15
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- Derelict M/V al jafzia aground in 19-11.50N 072-46.40EDerelicts · 82.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
30 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:53Z; source collection times vary.
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.