Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V maria s. merian in 11-07.84N 074-51.64W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1151/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-08 17:00Z
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 390/22 300821Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-30 08:47Z. 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 parsed report position is 11.131, -74.861. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2022-10-30 08:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COLOMBIA 390/22 300821Z OCT 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.131, -74.861
- vessel
- M/V MARIA S MERIAN · 25 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V MARIA S. MERIAN IN 11-07.84N 074-51.64W. TWO METER BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
21 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
- Survey operations in progress until 21 may in area bound by 09-43.00N 076-00.00W, 09-43.00N 075-34.00W,…2024-04-13
- 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…2023-09-02
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by c/s it intrepid in 11-16.70N 074-59.20W2023-02-01
- Underwater operations 221200Z to 221800Z apr in 10-22.6N 075-32.3W2021-04-21
- Underwater operations in progress until 31 dec in area bound by 09-29-17N 075-46-19W, 09-29-22N 075-46-14W,…2020-11-25
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 · 1.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 10:53Z; 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.