Hazardous operations 1100Z to 2200Z daily 16 thru 18 sep in areas bound by: a. 10-22.92N 075-33.54W,…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1069/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-18 23:00Z
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) · COLOMBIA 294/23 152317Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-16 00:08Z. 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 →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-16 11:00Z | 2023-09-16 22:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2023-09-17 11:00Z | 2023-09-17 22:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2023-09-18 11:00Z | 2023-09-18 22:00Z | — | 11 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-09-16 00:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-09-18 23:00Z
- authority
- COLOMBIA 294/23 152317Z SEP 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.396, -75.793
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA.
COLOMBIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1100Z TO 2200Z DAILY
16 THRU 18 SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 10-22.92N 075-33.54W, 10-22.80N 075-33.05W,
10-23.29N 075-32.92W, 10-23.41N 075-33.41W.
B. 10-28.50N 075-50.50W, 10-28.50N 075-45.00W,
10-18.83N 075-45.00W, 10-18.83N 075-50.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182300Z SEP 23.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- 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.
- 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 · military exercises
51 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.
- Hazardous operations 1200Z to 2300Z daily 20 thru 21 feb in area bound by 10-23.17N 075-32.68W, 10-22.35N…2024-02-16
- Hazardous operations in progress until 152100Z feb in area bound by 10-23.30N 075-33.80W, 10-23.30N…2024-02-15
- Hazardous operations 061200Z to 062300Z feb in area bound by 10-23.17N 075-32.68W, 10-22.35N 075-32.68W,…2024-02-04
- Hazardous operations 1100Z to 2200Z daily 23 jan thru 15 feb in area bound by 10-22.92N 075-33.54W,…2024-01-23
- Hazardous operations 050800Z to 051500Z nov in area bound by 10-17.70N 075-42.90W, 10-17.70N 075-55.10W,…2023-11-03
- Hazardous operations 1200Z to 1900Z daily 24 and 25 oct in area bound by 10-23.24N 075-32.98W, 10-23.24N…2023-10-21
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
- RACON at rio magdalena F-2 light 11-06.40N 074-51.30W inoperativeNav aids · 69.9 nm
- M/V roswal sank in 08-40.88N 076-50.00WWrecks · 120 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:14Z; 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.