Underwater operations 01 thru 04 mar by M/V l'atalante with submersible within two miles of 15-45N 061-45W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 84/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-03-05 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) · JX CASTREC 181446Z FEB 10; PVWA 24 FEB 10.. Issued 2010-02-24 10:18Z. 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 15.750, -61.750 with a 2.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Nos chart 11360 (42ND ed)cancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2010-02-24 10:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JX CASTREC 181446Z FEB 10; PVWA 24 FEB 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- JX CASTREC
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 15.750, -61.750 · r 2.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V L'ATALANTE · 68 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. WEST INDIES. 1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 01 THRU 04 MAR BY M/V L'ATALANTE WITH SUBMERSIBLE WITHIN TWO MILES OF 15-45N 061-45W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 82/10(11). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 MAR.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
11 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.
- 600 meter orange buoyed scientific float established until 282200Z jun in area bound by 18-09.84N…2023-06-28
- 600 meter orange buoyed scientific float established until 272200Z jun in area bound by 18-16.93N…2023-06-27
- Survey operations in progress until 30 jan by M/V ridley thomas along trackline joining 16-46.25N…2020-01-10
- Survey operations in progress until 02 may by M/V james cook towing 3000 meter long cable in area bound by…2017-04-28
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V james cook towing 300 meter long cable in area…2017-04-18
- Kitts and nevis2016-11-11
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
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 12.2 nm
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 30.8 nm
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 79.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 15:16Z; 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.