Surveys

Salvage operations are in progress off Sri Lanka at 07 degrees 04.55 minutes north, 079 degrees 46.48 minutes east; wide berth requested.

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 377/22

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC COLOMBO 120357Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-12 05:24Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 7.076, 79.775. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2022-02-12 05:24Z
status
Cancelled notice
authority
MRCC COLOMBO 120357Z FEB 22.
issued by
MRCC COLOMBO
sea
Laccadive Sea
position
7.076, 79.775
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SRI LANKA.
DNC 03.
1. SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   FURTHER NOTICE IN 07-04.55N 079-46.48E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
   REPORTS TO MRCC COLOMBO,
   PHONE: 941 1244 5368,
   FAX: 941 1244 1454, 941 1244 9718,
   E-MAIL: NHQDNO@YAHOO.COM,
   MRCCCOLOMBO@GMAIL.COM.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1654/21.

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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

40 within 180 nm since 2006 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

55 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 11:11Z; 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.