Unlit mooring buoy adrift in vicinity 25-48.77N 052-40.90E at 201144Z mar
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 729/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-03-21 15:51Z
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 IX 114/22 201644Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-20 16:45Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.813, 52.682. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 725/22(61), 729/22 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-03-20 16:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-03-23 16:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 114/22 201644Z MAR 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.813, 52.682
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. DNC 10. 1. UNLIT MOORING BUOY ADRIFT IN VICINITY 25-48.77N 052-40.90E AT 201144Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231645Z MAR 22.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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
10 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.
- Object adrift in vicinity 25-27.00N 055-09.00E2023-08-25
- Object adrift in vicinity 25-15.23N 054-51.13E2023-03-13
- Large object adrift in vicinity 25-09.17N 055-00.22E2020-11-17
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in area bound by 25-47.57N…2020-04-15
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in vicinity: a. 25-47.57N…2020-04-14
- Object adrift in 26-19.9N 051-54.2E2017-04-18
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
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 42.6 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 47.5 nm
- Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 48 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 50.9 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 58.1 nm
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 60.1 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 63.5 nm
- Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 64.1 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 64.2 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 64.5 nm
- RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 77.2 nm
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 88.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:07Z; 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.