Survey operations in progress until 25 feb 24 by M/V gyre in area bound by 12-13.70N 073-58.63W, 11-59.00N…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1018/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-26 00:01Z
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) · COLOMBIA 283/23 021126Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-02 13:44Z. 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 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-09-02 13:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-02-26 00:01Z
- authority
- COLOMBIA 283/23 021126Z SEP 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 12.988, -74.088
- vessel
- M/V GYRE · 17 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 25 FEB 24 BY M/V GYRE IN AREA BOUND BY 12-13.70N 073-58.63W, 11-59.00N 074-16.28W, 11-58.11N 074-50.45W, 12-50.60N 075-02.66W, 14-04.79N 073-47.54W, 13-35.38N 072-56.86W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260001Z FEB 24.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
19 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V noble discoverer in 11-32.66N 073-34.52W2024-04-19
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by c/s it intrepid in 11-16.70N 074-59.20W2023-02-01
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V maria s. merian in 11-07.84N 074-51.64W2022-10-30
- Underwater operations 221200Z to 221800Z apr in 10-22.6N 075-32.3W2021-04-21
- Underwater operations 180800Z to 181200Z aug in area bound by 10-23.05N 075-32.90W, 10-22.80N 075-32.90W,…2020-08-15
- Underwater operations 26 mar to 12 apr by M/V in area bound by 10-21.30N 075-30.38W, 10-20.55N 075-32.18W,…2019-03-23
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 02:36Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.