Debris and logs adrift in vicinity 38-31.70S 178-17.90E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 808/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-13 08:53Z
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 57/23 100426Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-10 09:01Z. 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 -38.528, 178.298. 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 reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 566/232023-02-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 808/23 · this notice2023-03-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-03-10 09:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-03-13 08:53Z
- authority
- CNW 57/23 100426Z MAR 23.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -38.528, 178.298
- 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. DEBRIS AND LOGS ADRIFT IN VICINITY 38-31.70S 178-17.90E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130853Z MAR 23.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
18 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Wood and logs adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 39-38.80S 177-07.35E, 39-19.00S 178-13.20E, 37-25.90S…2023-02-18
- 25 foot long log adrift in vicinity 36-49.92S 175-42.60E at 220310Z dec2021-12-22
- 18 meter long log adrift in vicinity 39-48.12S 177-07.00E at 180420Z sep2018-09-18
- 15 meter log adrift in vicinity 37-29S 176-12E at 292200Z apr2017-04-29
- Ten meter long log adrift in vicinity 38-21.60S 178-32.70E at 012215Z apr2017-04-01
- Fishing gear with nets adrift between 37-15.80S 176-22.00E and 37-15.24S 176-23.25E2015-07-31
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
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:26Z; 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.