Florida vessel disabled and adrift in vicinity 29-20.5N 086-52.4W at 122241Z aug
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 899/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-01 16:18Z
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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE 0/23 122336Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-12 23:47Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 29.342, -86.873. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 844/232023-07-27 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 899/23 · this notice2023-08-12 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2023-08-12 23:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE 0/23 122336Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.342, -86.873
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. FLORIDA VESSEL DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 29-20.5N 086-52.4W AT 122241Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO USCG SECTOR MOBILE, PHONE 833 662 8724, EMAIL: SECMOBCC@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
38 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.
- Derelict S/V breezy adrift in 27-52.21N 084-08.12W at 061200Z sep2023-09-06
- Derelict S/V never enough adrift in vicinity 29-20.08N 087-03.48W at 271600Z jul2023-07-27
- Vessel disabled and adrift in 27-42.36N 086-10.67W at 221334Z may2023-05-22
- Louisiana DNC 152023-01-20
- Derelict 20 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 28-19.20N 088-11.00W at 300142Z nov2022-11-30
- Derelict 23 foot S/V, white and black hull, adrift in 27-09.79N 089-03.43W at 042050Z sep2022-09-04
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 08:24Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.