Gunnery exercises in progress until 112330Z dec in area bound by 13-58N 060-35W, 13-10N 060-49W, 13-03N…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1049/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-12 00:30Z
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) · AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE 39/18 101447Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-10 15:09Z. 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
- 2018-12-10 15:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-12-12 00:30Z
- authority
- AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE 39/18 101447Z DEC 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 13.507, -60.259
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. BARBADOS. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 112330Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 13-58N 060-35W, 13-10N 060-49W, 13-03N 059-57W, 13-50N 059-41W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120030Z DEC 18.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
116 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 211100Z to 211730Z mar in area bound by 16-12.18N 061-29.12W, 16-12.24N 061-30.84W,…2024-03-19
- Hazardous operations 301400Z to 301600Z aug in area within 12 miles of 14-34.99N 061-47.36W2023-08-30
- Gunnery exercises 301200Z to 301600Z aug in area within 12 miles of 14-35.00N 061-47.36W2023-08-28
- Gunnery exercises 311600Z to 312000Z aug in area within 12 miles of 14-35.00N 061-47.36W2023-08-27
- Gunnery exercise 021200Z to 021700Z jul in area within 12 miles of 14-35.00N 061-47.36W2023-06-29
- Gunnery exercise 301100Z to 301500Z jun in area within 12 miles of 14-34.99N 061-47.36W2023-06-29
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
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 80.9 nm
- GrenadinesWrecks · 86.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:55Z; 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.