Cable ops

Cable operations 30 oct thru 09 nov, alternate 10 thru 14 nov by cableship kddi ocean link in area bound by…

Bay of Biscay · HYDROPAC 3053/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-11-09 12:04Z

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 XI 348/21 251134Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-25 12:28Z. 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
Bay of Biscay. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →

issued
2021-10-25 12:28Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 348/21 251134Z OCT 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Biscay
position
44.375, -6.333
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
DNC 13.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 30 OCT THRU 09 NOV, ALTERNATE
   10 THRU 14 NOV BY CABLESHIP KDDI OCEAN LINK
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   44-32.80N 179-23.40E, 44-40.00N 179-47.80W,
   44-41.37N 179-18.47W, 44-46.37N 178-38.68W,
   44-14.17N 178-32.39W, 44-08.88N 179-14.55W,
   44-07.97N 179-43.31E, 44-00.86N 179-26.88E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 15 NOV 21.

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.
Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

42 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:15Z; 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.