Hazardous operations are ongoing until further notice in the Mozambique Channel off Mozambique within an area bounded by 10 degrees 31.52 minutes south, 040 degrees 42.53 minutes east.
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2826/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-30 15:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-30 01:39Z. First collected 2026-09-30 16:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 01:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Mozambique Channel. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2026-09-30 01:39Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -10.642, 40.810
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-30 16:02Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. MOZAMBIQUE. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN AREA BOUND BY 10-31.52S 040-42.53E, 10-31.45S 040-54.59E, 10-45.55S 040-54.68E, 10-45.62S 040-42.61E.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1 within 180 nm since 2026 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 01:45Z; 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.