Debris from flooding in vicinity of trackline joining westport (41-42.06S 171-34.48E) and the hokitika…
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 362/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-13 22:49Z
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 27/22 102125Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-10 22:49Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2022-02-10 22:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-13 22:49Z
- authority
- CNW 27/22 102125Z FEB 22.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -42.208, 171.251
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. NEW ZEALAND. DNC 06. 1. DEBRIS FROM FLOODING IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING WESTPORT (41-42.06S 171-34.48E) AND THE HOKITIKA TRENCH (42-42.90S 170-55.66E). 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 132249Z FEB 22.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Submerged object in vicinity 40-07.10S 172-24.36E2023-08-14
- Logs and debris adrift in vicinity 42-25.91S 173-43.33E at 262345Z feb2023-02-27
- Log adrift in vicinity 40-59.16S 174-33.60E at 042330Z jan2023-01-05
- Log adrift in vicinity 41-46.15S 174-52.03E at 082350Z nov2022-11-09
- Multiple objects adrift in vicinity 41-20.90S 174-36.10E at 082322Z jun2022-06-09
- Ten meter long log adrift in vicinity 41-41.47S 174-36.11E at 281831Z feb2022-02-28
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:30Z; 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.