Exercises

Special operations

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA II 346/26

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 2026-10-03 04:21Z. First collected 2026-10-03 04:27Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-03 06:42Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2026-10-03 04:21Z
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: 25.208, -15.500
nearest port: Dakhla · 95 nm
source: SHOM NAVAREA II via PING (eastern North Atlantic, West Africa) · first seen 2026-10-03 04:27Z

Original warning text

CANARIAS, CAP BLANC.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
FIRING EXERCISE.
WITHIN 20 MILES OF:
CHARLIE 26-50N 014-00W BETWEEN 270 AND 360 DEGREES
DELTA 23-35N 017-00W 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.

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

42 within 180 nm since 2000 · 11 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 280001Z to 302359Z sep in area bound by 23-35.00N 017-00.00W, 23-35.08N 017-21.75W,…2026-09-26
Special operations2026-09-26
Special operations2026-09-22
Special operations2026-09-19
Hazardous operations 160001Z to 180001Z sep in areas bound by: a. 26-50.00N 014-00.00W, 26-50.00N…2026-09-15
Special operations2026-09-15

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

Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 77.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

10 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:47Z; 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.