Log adrift in vicinity 45-56.42S 170-42.15E at 150430Z oct
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3525/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-10-18 06:02Z
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) · CNW 216/17 150530Z OCT 17.. Issued 2017-10-15 06:02Z. 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 parsed report position is -45.940, 170.702. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-10-15 06:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-10-18 06:02Z
- authority
- CNW 216/17 150530Z OCT 17.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -45.940, 170.702
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 06. 1. LOG ADRIFT IN VICINITY 45-56.42S 170-42.15E AT 150430Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180602Z OCT 17.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
7 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Debris adrift in vicinity 45-57.6S 166-24.6E2022-03-09
- Yellow buoy with solar panels adrift in vicinity 43-34.49S 172-49.20E at 200030Z may2020-05-28
- 40 foot log adrift in vicinity 45-45.71S 171-01.85E at 061755Z feb2020-02-06
- Buoy adrift in vicinity 47-25.96S 167-59.23E at 071930Z jan2018-01-07
- 15 meter long log adrift vicinity 45-55.18S 170-49.61E at 082245Z feb2011-02-09
- Numerous logs and debris adrift vicinity 46-42S 169-02E1999-11-21
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:41Z; 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.