Buoy adrift in 38-38.07S 145-21.87E at 121730Z dec
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 3542/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-12-12 18:15Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 72/12 121746Z DEC 12.. Issued 2012-12-12 18:15Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -38.635, 145.364. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-12-12 18:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-12-12 18:15Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 72/12 121746Z DEC 12.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.635, 145.364
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. 1. BUOY ADRIFT IN 38-38.07S 145-21.87E AT 121730Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121815Z DEC 12.
Reading this warning
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- 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
5 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- 300 meter cable attatched to one and a half meter yellow buoy adrift in 38-46S 148-19E at 270030Z nov2005-11-27
- Fishing net adrift in 38-23S 148-48E at 230907Z may2003-05-23
- 3.3 mile long seismic cable, marked by buoy with white strobe light, adrift in 39-37S 142-40E at 101740Z nov2001-11-10
- Four mile long survey cable, marked by lighted buoy, adrift vicinity 40-39S 143-32E at 281405Z may2001-05-28
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
- Great australian bightCable ops · 108.9 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 108.9 nm
- Drill rig valaris 107/A8GS5 in position 38-17.79S 147-40.57E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 110.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:11Z; 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.