Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 34-18.60S 173-57.41E at 150100Z feb
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 516/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-18 10:19Z
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 34/23 150902Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-15 10:20Z. 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 -34.310, 173.957. 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
- 2023-02-15 10:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-02-18 10:19Z
- authority
- CNW 34/23 150902Z FEB 23.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -34.310, 173.957
- 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. DNC 06. 1. ODAS BUOY ADRIFT IN VICINITY 34-18.60S 173-57.41E AT 150100Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181019Z FEB 23.
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.
- 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
12 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.
- Large logs adrift in 32-55.90S 176-49.13E at 292145Z apr2024-04-30
- 25 foot long log adrift in vicinity 36-49.92S 175-42.60E at 220310Z dec2021-12-22
- Large log adrift in vicinity 36-08.02S 174-47.05E at 250005Z feb2020-02-25
- 200 meter long rope with three buoys adrift in vicinity 35-47.2S 176-16.6E at 110500Z jan2020-01-11
- 300 meter long fishing net adrift in vicinity 34-07.3S 171-58.1E at 041830Z feb2018-02-04
- Object adrift vicinity 36-16.60S 174-52.07E at 291845Z may2016-05-29
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 02:01Z; 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.