Cable ops
Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V western spirit towing eight 6000 meter long cables in…
Australia-northwest Coast · HYDROPAC 2938/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-11-26 10:24Z
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) · AUSCOAST 259/11 180904Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-18 10:07Z. 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
- Australia-northwest Coast. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2011-10-18 10:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 259/11 180904Z OCT 11.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- vessel
- M/V WESTERN SPIRIT · 51 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V WESTERN SPIRIT TOWING EIGHT 6000 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BETWEEN 19-44.2S 20-14.4S AND 115-14.1E 116-02.8E. SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Towed array / streamer
- Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No parsed position is available for this comparison.
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:00Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.