Cable ops

Curacao to puerto rico

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1004/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-12-21 01:00Z

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) · M/V REBECCA 241304Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-24 16:21Z. 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: Caribbean Sea. 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 Caribbean Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2018-11-26 00:01Z	2018-12-20 23:59Z	—	599 h 58

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2018-11-24 16:21Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-12-21 01:00Z
authority: M/V REBECCA 241304Z NOV 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: M/V REBECCA
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 15.378, -66.287
vessel: C/S REBECCA · 100 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
CURACAO TO PUERTO RICO.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 260001Z NOV TO 202359Z DEC
   BY C/S REBECCA ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   12-36.29N 069-04.25W, 13-42.31N 067-57.29W,
   14-58.00N 066-45.54W, 16-02.40N 065-44.17W,
   17-09.42N 064-32.22W, 17-54.91N 063-18.63W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210100Z DEC 18.

Reading this warning

Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
Track line joining: Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

17 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 17:57Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.