Debris

Noaa buoy 51001 adrift in 24-18.3N 162-09.7W at 120710Z mar

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 76/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-03-15 09:50Z

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) · NDBC 120800Z MAR 16 - SHGA 12 MAR 16.. Issued 2016-03-12 09:50Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 24.305, -162.162. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued
2016-03-12 09:50Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-03-15 09:50Z
authority
NDBC 120800Z MAR 16 - SHGA 12 MAR 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
NDBC
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
24.305, -162.162
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
1. NOAA BUOY 51001 ADRIFT IN 24-18.3N 162-09.7W
   AT 120710Z MAR. UPDATED POSITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT:
   WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/nws_special/51001.txt.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 61/16(16).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 150950Z MAR 16.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

3 within 180 nm since 2016 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

16
18

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

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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 2026-10-03 16:42Z; 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.