Surveys

Salvage operations in progress until 23 sep within 500 meters of 13-41.9N 060-59.5W

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 256/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-24 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) · WEST INDIES 26/11 082219Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-09 08:45Z. 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 13.698, -60.992 with a 0.3 nm radius. 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
2011-08-09 08:45Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WEST INDIES 26/11 082219Z AUG 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
WEST INDIES
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
13.698, -60.992 · r 0.3 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
SAINT LUCIA-SOUTHWEST COAST.
1. SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 23 SEP
   WITHIN 500 METERS OF 13-41.9N 060-59.5W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 SEP.

Reading this warning

Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · survey operations

49 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:19Z; 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.