Exercises

Hazardous operations 0130Z to 1130Z and 1230Z to 1430Z daily 01 thru 06, 08 thru 10, 12 thru 14, 20 thru 22…

Bay of Bengal · India · HYDROPAC 770/18

issued
2018-02-26 11:57Z
status
cancelled 2018-03-01 11:01Z (archive)
self-cancels
2018-03-31 15:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 164/18 261038Z FEB 18.
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
18.842, 85.248
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0130Z TO 1130Z
   AND 1230Z TO 1430Z DAILY 01 THRU 06,
   08 THRU 10, 12 THRU 14, 20 THRU 22 AND
   29 THRU 31 MAR:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-07.39N 085-35.94E,
      18-33.61N 084-53.74E.
   B. IN AREA WITHIN 40 MILES OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN
      19-07.39N 085-35.94E AND 18-33.61N 084-53.74E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311530Z MAR 18.

Activity windows · 12 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-03-01 01:30Z2018-03-01 11:30Z10 h
2018-03-01 12:30Z2018-03-01 14:30Z2 h
2018-03-02 01:30Z2018-03-02 11:30Z10 h
2018-03-02 12:30Z2018-03-02 14:30Z2 h
2018-03-03 01:30Z2018-03-03 11:30Z10 h
2018-03-03 12:30Z2018-03-03 14:30Z2 h
2018-03-04 01:30Z2018-03-04 11:30Z10 h
2018-03-04 12:30Z2018-03-04 14:30Z2 h
4 more

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

1139 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

00
05
10
15
20
25
26

Season · when military exercises happen here

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

month of issue, all years in the archive

Timeline

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises

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.