Debris

Buoy adrift in vicinity 47-25.96S 167-59.23E at 071930Z jan

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 76/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-01-10 20:06Z

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) · CNW 2/18 071955Z JAN 18.. Issued 2018-01-07 20:06Z. 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: South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -47.433, 167.987. 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 South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2018-01-07 20:06Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-01-10 20:06Z
authority: CNW 2/18 071955Z JAN 18.
issued by: CNW
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -47.433, 167.987
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
1. BUOY ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   47-25.96S 167-59.23E AT 071930Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 102006Z JAN 18.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

6 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.

Debris adrift in vicinity 45-57.6S 166-24.6E2022-03-09
40 foot log adrift in vicinity 45-45.71S 171-01.85E at 061755Z feb2020-02-06
Log adrift in vicinity 45-56.42S 170-42.15E at 150430Z oct2017-10-15
15 meter long log adrift vicinity 45-55.18S 170-49.61E at 082245Z feb2011-02-09
Numerous logs and debris adrift vicinity 46-42S 169-02E1999-11-21

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:03Z; 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.