Special operations
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA II 342/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- SHOM NAVAREA II via PING (eastern North Atlantic, West Africa) · SHOM — Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine (NAVAREA II coordinator). Issued 2026-09-29 15:28Z. First collected 2026-09-29 15:42Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 15:57Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 33.683, -8.050 with a 20.0 nm radius. 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 Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-09-29 15:28Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- SHOM — Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine (NAVAREA II coordinator)
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II
- issued by
- SHOM
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 33.683, -8.050 · r 20.0 nm
- source
- SHOM NAVAREA II via PING (eastern North Atlantic, West Africa) · first seen 2026-09-29 15:42Z
Original warning text
CASABLANCA. SPECIAL OPERATIONS. FIRING EXERCISE. WITHIN 20 MILES OF: ALPHA 33-41N 008-03W BETWEEN 270 AND 360 DEGREES NAVIGATE WITH CAUTION RESTRICTED AREA
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Conditions at the position · now
loading…
MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
64 within 180 nm since 2001 · 5 in the last 12 months · 1 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 170001Z to 172359Z sep in area bound by 33-41.00N 008-03.00W, 33-41.00N 008-26.00W,…2026-09-16
- Special operations2026-09-16
- Special operations2026-09-15
- Special operations2026-09-15
- Hazardous operations in progress until 31 dec in area bound by 33-41.00N 008-03.00W, 33-41.00N 008-26.91W,…2024-08-23
- Hazardous operations 150001Z to 302359Z apr in areas bound by: a. 33-41.00N 008-03.00W, 33-41.00N…2024-04-11
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
32 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 16:10Z; 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.