Debris

Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 46-53.8S 160-45.1E at 270100Z apr

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 804/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-05-05 00:00Z

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 XIV 31/08 270100Z APR 08.. Issued 2008-04-28 03:45Z. 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: Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -46.897, 160.752. 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 Tasman Sea →

issued: 2008-04-28 03:45Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XIV 31/08 270100Z APR 08.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea: Tasman Sea
position: -46.897, 160.752
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. LARGE RED AND WHITE BUOY, WITH 5000 METER LONG CABLE
   ADRIFT IN 46-53.8S 160-45.1E AT 270100Z APR.
   REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
   INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 577 8030,
   FAX: 644 914 8038, E-MAIL: RCCNZ@MARITIMENZ.GOVT.NZ.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 MAY.

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.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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 2008 · 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.

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 2026-09-24 23:51Z; 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.