Hazardous operations in progress until 31 mar in area bound by 25-34.00N 110-30.00W, 25-34.00N 110-41.50W,…
Gulf of California · NAVAREA XII 162/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-04-01 00:01Z
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) · MEXICO XII 10/23 271854Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-27 20:54Z. 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
- Gulf of California. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of California →
- issued
- 2023-03-27 20:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-04-01 00:01Z
- authority
- MEXICO XII 10/23 271854Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- MEXICO XII
- sea
- Gulf of California
- position
- 25.496, -110.596
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GOLFO DE CALIFORNIA. MEXICO. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 25-34.00N 110-30.00W, 25-34.00N 110-41.50W, 25-25.50N 110-41.50W, 25-25.50N 110-30.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z APR 23.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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 · military exercises
58 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 19 thru 24 nov and 10 thru 15 dec in area bound by 25-34.00N 110-41.50W, 25-34.00N…2024-11-14
- Hazardous operations in progress until 27 oct and 19 thru 24 nov in area bound by 24-28.70N 111-46.00W,…2024-10-25
- Hazardous operations in progress until 27 oct and 03 thru 08 dec in area bound by 27-00.00N 111-00.00W,…2024-10-25
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar and 23 thru 28 apr in area bound by 25-34.00N 110-30.00W, 25-34.00N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar in area bound by 27-00.00N 111-00.00W, 27-00.00N 111-11.00W, 26-50.30N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar in area bound by 24-28.70N 111-46.00W, 24-28.70N 111-48.00W, 24-27.40N…2024-03-20
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
- Hurricane 17E (polo)Storms · 82.9 nm
- Hurricane polo (EP172026)Storms · 111.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
32 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 12:11Z; source collection times vary.
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.