Drifting buoy with lights established along trackline joining 36-25.00S 073-26.00W, 36-10.00S 073-26.00W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 291/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-25 08:49Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XV 11/23 260936Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-26 09:56Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Pacific Ocean. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- South Pacificlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-01-26 09:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 11/23 260936Z JAN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -36.292, -73.433
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. CHILE. DNC 07. DRIFTING BUOY WITH LIGHTS ESTABLISHED ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 36-25.00S 073-26.00W, 36-10.00S 073-26.00W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
3 within 180 nm since 2019 · 0 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
- Puerto montt radio 41-28.80S 072-57.70W off airNav aids · 80.9 nm
- Dart 4G buoy 35-45.40S 075-17.25W missingNav aids · 95.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:36Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.