Survey operations by M/V Eagle Explorer run from 2 to 21 October in the Eastern Indian Ocean off India, and a wide berth is requested.
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2847/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-10-01 16:15Z
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 2026-10-01 11:00Z. First collected 2026-10-01 19:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 02:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Laccadive 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2026-10-01 11:00Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-22 00:01Z
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 10.906, 75.256
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-10-01 19:02Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. INDIA. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 02 THRU 21 OCT BY M/V EAGLE EXPLORER IN AREA BOUND BY 10-14.00N 075-16.00E, 10-09.00N 075-32.00E, 10-14.00N 075-50.00E, 10-28.00N 075-52.00E, 11-44.00N 075-05.00E, 11-33.00N 074-36.00E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220001Z OCT 26.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
39 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Survey operations 10 thru 12 feb: a. along trackline joining 12-55.67N 074-48.80E, 12-54.50N 074-43.10E2025-02-07
- Survey operations 23 thru 25 jan in area bound by 09-53.80N 076-04.60E, 10-02.40N 076-04.60E, 10-02.40N…2024-01-22
- Survey operations 16 thru 18 jan in area bound by 09-53.80N 076-04.60E, 10-02.40N 076-04.60E, 10-02.40N…2024-01-15
- Survey operations 19 thru 21, 23, 24, 26 thru 28 and 30 thru 31 dec in area bound by 09-52.00N 076-03.00E,…2023-12-18
- Survey operations: a. 08 thru 27 nov in area bound by 09-58.00N 076-03.00E, 09-58.00N 076-18.00E, 10-04.00N…2023-11-08
- Survey operations in progress until 03 may by M/V sw thuridur in area bound by 11-23.28N 072-20.95E,…2023-04-25
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:23Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.