Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 45-30.0S 162-00.4E at 141300Z may
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 938/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-05-19 19:00Z
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 49/08 MAY 08.. Issued 2008-05-15 06:26Z. 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 -45.500, 162.007. 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
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 45-55.7S 160-58.5E at 081300Z maycancelled by this notice
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 46-02.5S 162-17.1E at 181300Z maylater cancellation notice
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 852/082008-05-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 891/082008-05-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 938/08 · this notice2008-05-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 969/082008-05-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 985/082008-05-22 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2008-05-15 06:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 49/08 MAY 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -45.500, 162.007
- 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 45-30.0S 162-00.4E AT 141300Z MAY. 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 HYDROPAC 891/08. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 22 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
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.
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 46-09.3S 162-13.7E at 211300Z may2008-05-22
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 46-02.5S 162-17.1E at 181300Z may2008-05-19
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 45-55.7S 160-58.5E at 081300Z may2008-05-09
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 46-03.9S 160-44.7E at 041300Z may2008-05-05
- Large red and white buoy, with 5000 meter long cable adrift in 46-53.8S 160-45.1E at 270100Z apr2008-04-28
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 16:01Z; 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.