Surveys

NAVAREA VII 258 of 2026, 15 September 2026: South Atlantic Ocean, Angola and Namibia rigs have a 4-nautical-mile exclusion zone due to unlit anchor buoys until further notice.

South Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA 7 258/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-11 08:00Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates
South African Navy Hydrographic Office NAVAREA VII (South Atlantic / SW Indian Ocean) · SANHO. Issued 2026-09-15 00:00Z. First collected 2026-09-16 07:33Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 11:33Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.399, 12.295. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2026-09-15 00:00Z
status
Cancelled notice
authority
SANHO
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-13.399, 12.295
source
South African Navy Hydrographic Office NAVAREA VII (South Atlantic / SW Indian Ocean) · first seen 2026-09-16 07:33Z

Original warning text

NAVAREA VII 258 OF 2026 :
(15
SEP 26)

1. SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - NE SECTOR

2. ANGOLA, NAMIBIA

3. CHARTS SAN 1, 2, 5, 27, 57(INT 204), 73(INT
2610), BA 307, 311, 4177, 4204

4. RIG LIST

A. 22 - 00.80 S 014 - 00.55 E DEEPWATER ORION

B. 22 - 00.85 S 014 - 00.45 E WEST ECLIPSE

C. 29 - 00.46 S 013 - 00.25 E MAERSK VOYAGER

D. 07 - 41.45 S 011 - 59.25 E QUENGUELA

E. 06 - 14.00 S 011 - 12.1 E VALARIS DS - 9

F. 09 - 54.91 S 012 - 13.64 E DS - 12

G. 06 - 00.35 S 011 - 00.15 E KIZOMBA B

H. 07 - 40.40 S 011 - 41.99 E DALIA - 701 FPSO

I. 07 - 27.97 S 011 - 32.09 E ESKIT

J. 06 - 03.96 S 011 - 04.49 E VALARIS DS - 7

K. 07 - 23.27 S 011 - 40.40 E TUNGSTEN EXPLORER
(NEW)

L. 29 - 19.2 S 014 - 07.2 E SAIPEM 12000

5. 4NM EXCLUSION ZONE AROUND RIGS DUE TO PRESENCE OF
UNLIT ANCHOR MARKING BUOYS

6. CANCEL NAVAREA VII 250 OF 2026

7. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Reading this warning

NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Safety zone / exclusion zone
An area ships must stay out of, or may only enter with permission, for safety or security.
Unlit / extinguished
A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

7 within 180 nm since 2012 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

12
15
20
25
26

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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

50 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:21Z; 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.