Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V lauri j towing 500 meter long cables along…
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 3260/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-11-16 21:42Z
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 256/21 111822Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-11 18:26Z. 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
- Timor Sea. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3260/21 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2021-11-11 18:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 256/21 111822Z NOV 21.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -10.921, 130.087
- vessel
- M/V LAURI J · 6 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 04. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V LAURI J TOWING 500 METER LONG CABLES ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 12-01.50S 129-54.50E, 09-49.00S 130-15.90E. 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.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- 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 · survey operations
29 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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.
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V reach remote 2 in area bound by 11-13.00S…2026-09-05
- Survey operations in progress until further noticeby M/V sw bly towing twelve 7300 meter cables in area…2026-08-05
- 21 yellow lightbuoys, fl y 1.5 sec, with scientific equipment attached, deployed in an area bounded by…2026-05-28
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V seven pegasus in 09-49.26S 130-16.14E2024-11-15
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V fugro kwilena in vicinity of trackline joining…2024-11-13
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V ocean surveyor within five miles of trackline…2024-11-01
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:40Z; 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.