Debris

15 foot yellow buoy reported adrift vicinity 21-46N 126-37E on 04 apr

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 636/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-04-07 17:34Z

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) · USCG14 REQUEST 6/08 042047Z APR 08.. Issued 2008-04-05 00:56Z. 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
Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 21.767, 126.617. 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

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROPAC 636/08 · this notice2008-04-05 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 660/082008-04-07 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →

issued
2008-04-05 00:56Z
status
Archived notice
authority
USCG14 REQUEST 6/08 042047Z APR 08.
sea
Philippine Sea
position
21.767, 126.617
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. 15 FOOT YELLOW BUOY REPORTED ADRIFT
   VICINITY 21-46N 126-37E ON 04 APR.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 APR.

Reading this warning

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

3 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
08

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

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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 07:44Z; 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.