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Offshore Orange River Mouth, Namibia, mining, sampling and exploration vessels operate from 18 September 2026 until further notice; keep 2 nautical miles clear.

South Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA 7 265/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-18 10:30Z

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 2026-09-18 00:00Z. First collected 2026-09-21 05:33Z; 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 -28.533, 15.901. 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
2026-09-18 00:00Z
status
Cancelled notice
authority
SANHO
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-28.533, 15.901
vessels
M/V BENGUELA GEM · 5 messagesM/V DEBMAR PACIFIC · 5 messagesM/V GARIEP · 131 messagesM/V MAFUTA · 105 messagesM/V SS NUJOMA · 3 messagesC/S V5DE · 5 messagesC/S V5DX · 5 messagesC/S V5GP · 5 messagesC/S V5ID · 5 messagesC/S V5NJ · 3 messages
source
South African Navy Hydrographic Office NAVAREA VII (South Atlantic / SW Indian Ocean) · first seen 2026-09-21 05:33Z

Original warning text

NAVAREA VII 265 OF 2026 :
(18
SEP 26)

1. NAMIBIA - OFFSHORE ORANGE RIVER MOUTH

2. CHARTS SAN 75 (INT 2630), 76 (INT 2640), 113

3. MINING/ SAMPLING/ EXPLORATION VESSEL LIST

A. 28 - 42.64 S 015 - 56.70 E M/V BENGUELA GEM (C/S
V5ID) - ON DP

B. 28 - 43.10 S 015 - 54.50 E M/V MAFUTA (C/S V5DX)
- 4 ANCHOR SPREAD

C. 28 - 20.66 S 015 - 49.33 E M/V GARIEP (C/S V5GP)
- 4 ANCHOR SPREAD

D. 28 - 19.2 S 015 - 47.7 E M/V DEBMAR PACIFIC (C/S
V5DE) - 3 ANCHOR SPREAD

E. 28 - 34.28 S 016 - 02.11 E M/V SS NUJOMA (C/S
V5NJ)

4. VESSELS REQUESTED TO KEEP 2NM CLEAR

5. CANCEL NAVAREA VII 259 OF 2026

6. 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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · other warnings

16 within 180 nm since 2012 · 6 in the last 12 months · 1 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

20 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:21Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.