Hazardous operation 0130Z to 1130Z daily 26 thru 28 feb in area bound by 12-49N 080-46E, 12-59N 080-46E,…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 625/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-02-28 12:30Z
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 VIII 133/20 211255Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-21 14:12Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-26 01:30Z | 2020-02-26 11:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2020-02-27 01:30Z | 2020-02-27 11:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2020-02-28 01:30Z | 2020-02-28 11:30Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-02-21 14:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-02-28 12:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 133/20 211255Z FEB 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 12.900, 81.100
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. DNC 03. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATION 0130Z TO 1130Z DAILY 26 THRU 28 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 12-49N 080-46E, 12-59N 080-46E, 12-59N 081-26E, 12-49N 081-26E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281230Z FEB 20.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
7 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Geophysical operations in progress until 09 sep in area bound by 15-30.28N 080-33.18E, 15-29.55N 080-32.37E,…2015-05-29
- Geophysical operations in progress until 30 apr by M/V cassandra 9 in area bound by 15-39.61N 080-24.83E,…2015-04-09
- Two men overboard from F/V iraivan vicinity 13-25.5N 080-19.0E2014-01-08
- Tug sumangla, disabled and adrift in 10-28.28N 080-05.00E2007-12-19
- M/V fordeco 61 and barge aqua float 300, unreported to mumbai (bombay), india (19-03N 073-01E)2007-03-15
- Nagappattinam dpgs station 10-45.9N 079-51.1E at reduced power2005-03-29
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
- Hazardous operations 290830Z to 290930Z sep in area bound by 13-07.02N 080-18.01E, 13-14.90N 080-25.98E,…Exercises · 43.8 nm
- Buoy established in 14-05.21N 080-28.50ENav aids · 80.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:40Z; 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.