Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geco resolution towing three mile long cable in area…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 421/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-03-29 22:10Z
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) · NAVAREA XIV 60/01 190150Z MAR 01; NAVAREA XIV 62/01 190131Z MAR 01; NAVAREA XIV 61/01 190157Z MAR 01; AUSCOAST 190344Z MAR 01; NAVAREA XIV 59/01 190101Z MAR 01. Issued 2001-03-19 07:40Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Alofi north light 19-03S 169-55W unlitcancelled by this notice
- 28 foot M/V naiho II, orange hull, unreported rurutu island (22-25S 151-20W) and returncancelled by this notice
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geco resolution towing four mile long cable in area…cancelled by this notice
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V veritas searcher towing 3.7 mile long cable in area…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 421/01 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-03-19 07:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 60/01 190150Z MAR 01; NAVAREA XIV 62/01 190131Z MAR 01; NAVAREA XIV 61/01 190157Z MAR 01; AUSCOAST 190344Z MAR 01; NAVAREA XIV 59/01 190101Z MAR 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -40.926, -171.248
- vessel
- M/V GECO RESOLUTION · 16 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V GECO RESOLUTION TOWING THREE MILE LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 42-55S 173-22W, 41-48S 173-20W, 39-38S 170-37W, 39-36S 168-20W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 198/01 AND 245/01. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 275/01(74), SURVEY COMPLETED. 4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 258/01.
Reading this warning
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
1 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.
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:33Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.