Trinidad and tobago
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1168/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-18 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) · TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 125/23 101427Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-10 14:49Z. 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 10.098, -61.011. 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
- 2023-10-10 14:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-10-18 01:00Z
- authority
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 125/23 101427Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.098, -61.011
- vessel
- M/V OCEAN PATRIOT · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 17 OCT BY M/V OCEAN PATRIOT IN 10-05.91N 061-00.65W. 500 METER BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180100Z OCT 23.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- 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
171 within 180 nm since 2002 · 8 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Trinidad and tobago2026-09-14
- Trinidad and tobago2026-09-04
- Trinidad and tobago2026-08-28
- Trinidad and tobago2026-08-27
- Trinidad and tobago2026-08-27
- Trinidad and tobago2026-08-25
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
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 2.6 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 24 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 27.4 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 36.4 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 39.6 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 42.5 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 56.7 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 63.8 nm
- Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 75.9 nm
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.