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Towed target shooting exercise in western Mediterranean Sea on October 29 or 30, 2026, within a defined area; canceled by October 31.

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · NAVAREA III 100/26

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: Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator). Issued 2026-06-27 00:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 14:07Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:40Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

issued: 2026-06-27 00:00Z
status: Listed in force
self-cancels: 2026-10-31 01:00Z
authority: Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III
issued by: SPANISH NAVY IHM
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position: 37.839, 0.949
nearest port: Ibiza · 68 nm
source: Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · first seen 2026-08-17 14:07Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
DRIFTING TARGET SHOOTING EXERCISE
FROM 290001 TO 292359 UTC OCT 26 OR 300001 TO 302359 UTC OCT 26.
NAVIGATION EXCLUSION AREA DELIMITED BY:
38-30.60N 000-30.80E
38-35.50N 000-46.40E
38-35.50N 001-06.60E
38-13.00N 001-51.40E
37-43.60N 002-07.35E
36-55.25N 000-06.05E
37-52.25N 000-06.55E
CANCEL THIS MSG 310100 UTC OCT 26.

Reading this warning

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.

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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 · other warnings

5 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 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.

Cap corbelin light 36-54.5N 004-25.5E operating on emergency light2021-11-09
Helicopter ditched in 36-38-02N 002-37-04E2020-12-17
Cap falcon light 35-46.3N 000-47.9W at reduced intensity2006-11-07
Pointe colombi light 36-26.7N 000-56.5E temporarily operating with fixed light2005-12-18

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 290001Z to 302359Z oct in area bound by 38-30.60N 000-30.80E, 38-35.50N 000-46.40E,…Exercises · 0 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 20:31Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.