Debris

Yellow fad with rope adrift in vicinity 13-22.10S 123-27.10E at 160422Z feb

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 528/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-19 07:22Z

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 11/23 160543Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-16 07:24Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.368, 123.452. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2023-02-16 07:24Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-02-19 07:22Z
authority: SEA SAFETY 11/23 160543Z FEB 23.
issued by: SEA SAFETY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -13.368, 123.452
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 04.
1. YELLOW FAD WITH ROPE ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   13-22.10S 123-27.10E AT 160422Z FEB.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190722Z 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.
Fish aggregating device (FAD): Floating rafts, nets and lines used by fishing fleets — hazards to propellers when they are adrift or unlit.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

85 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V safe boreas in area bound by 12-54.90S…Surveys · 66.2 nm
Special purpose vessel safe boreas 565905000 supporting underwater operations in an area bounded by…Surveys · 66.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:35Z; 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.