A gas leak, marked by a flashing white buoy, is at 25-38.90N 054-27.80E in the Persian Gulf off Iran; HYDROPAC 526/23 is cancelled.
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 538/23
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) · NAVAREA IX 71/23 161342Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-16 13:49Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.648, 54.463. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Gas leak, marked by buoy, in vicinity 25-08.90N 054-07.75Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2023-02-16 13:49Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 71/23 161342Z FEB 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.648, 54.463
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. IRAN. DNC 10. 1. GAS LEAK, MARKED BY BUOY, FL W, IN VICINITY 25-38.90N 054-27.80E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 526/23.
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.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
- 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.
- 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 · other warnings
86 within 180 nm since 1998 · 9 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, is on fire and anchored in 26-24.80N 056-27.60E2026-09-24
- M/V trend suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-25.60N 056-24.00E2026-09-17
- Vessel senegal prosperity suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-18.80N 056-33.60E2026-09-01
- Vessel sidar suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-26.10N 056-30.00E2026-09-01
- M/V burgan suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-22.50N 056-20.40E2026-08-30
- M/V alsalam II suffered a security incident and anchored in 26-23.40N 056-30.50E2026-08-26
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
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 31.6 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 38.5 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 65.3 nm
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 91.1 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 105.6 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 106.3 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 111.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 00:14Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.