Derelicts

Delelict 26 foot, orange and black, target vessels with unexploded ordnance adrift in: a. 33-33.16N 119-50.08W

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 837/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-08 00:40Z

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) · NAWCWD 0/22 050002Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-05 00:39Z. 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 33.548, -119.812. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2022-11-05 00:39Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-11-08 00:40Z
authority: NAWCWD 0/22 050002Z NOV 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: NAWCWD
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 33.548, -119.812
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. DELELICT 26 FOOT, ORANGE AND BLACK, TARGET VESSELS
   WITH UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE ADRIFT IN:
   A. 33-33.16N 119-50.08W.
   B. 33-32.29N 119-48.00W.
   C. 33-33.15N 119-48.05W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080040Z NOV 22.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance: Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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

Hazardous operations 292000Z to 300230Z sep in area bound by 33-32.00N 120-21.00W, 32-45.00N 120-53.00W,…Exercises · 24.6 nm
Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-52.70N 119-11.96W, 33-08.06N 118-52.09W,…Exercises · 63.2 nm
Hazardous operations 1300Z to 2300Z daily 28 and 30 sep in areas bound by: a. 33-41.00N 119-39.00W,…Exercises · 64.9 nm
PQ63+HX los angeles, ca, USASpills · 78.9 nm
Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-55.00N 118-25.00W, 32-55.00N 118-15.00W,…Exercises · 84.9 nm
Hazardous operations 301300Z to 302300Z sep in area within one mile of 32-52.80N 118-17.70WExercises · 86.1 nm
Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-33.00N 118-25.00W, 32-35.00N 118-16.00W,…Exercises · 118.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:42Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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.