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Firing exercises and temporary prohibited area off Nymindegab, North Sea, 3-5 Nov 2026

Scheduledstarts 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (in 21 h)Received 02 Nov 2026, 09:21 UTC

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Denmark. The North Sea. 15 Nymindegab. Firing exercises. Warning. Time: 3 November 2026, hours 09:00 - 17:00. 4 November 2026, hours 09:00 - 17:00. 5 November 2026, hours 13:00 - 23:00. Firing exercises. Warning. In connection with firing practices, a temporary prohibited area is established on the sea off the firing practice area at position: - 55° 50'N - 008° 10'E. Prohibition: During firing practices, all navigation, anchoring and fishing are prohibited in the area. Signals: Information about firing practices is given by displaying the following signals on the signal masts W of Nyminde Strøm from one hour before the start of the firing practice and until its end: a) By daylight, a sphere is hoisted on the northern and southern signal mast. On the southern signal mast a white flash is lit (30 flashes per minute). b) In darkness a red and white alternating flashing light (30 flashes pr. minute) is lit at the southern signal mast. - 55° 50,49'N - 008° 09,92'E, northern signal mast. - 55° 49,46'N - 008° 10,23'E, southern signal mast. Note: Information about firing practices is available in the daily working hours from Firing Safety Element in Camp Oksbøl, tel. +45 7283 9550, from www.forsvaret.dk/da/oevelsesaktiviteter/reg-syddanmark/nymindegab-ovelsesplads-og-skydebaner/ or over VHF radio. Call name: Nymindegab. Call channel: 16. Conversation channels: 6 and 8. The radio is open from one hour before the start of the firing practice and until its end. During firing practices the head of firing can be contacted on tel. +45 5085 7178. Charts: 93 (INT 1044)

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Scheduledstarts 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC (in 21 h)

Live firing exercises will take place off Nymindegab in the North Sea on 3, 4 and 5 November 2026. A temporary prohibited area is established at 55° 50'N - 008° 10'E; navigation, anchoring and fishing are prohibited during firing. Visual and light signals will be displayed on signal masts west of Nyminde Strøm from one hour before each exercise until its end. Information and contact details (phone, website and VHF) are provided.

Do not navigate, anchor or fish in the prohibited area during firing exercises. Monitor VHF Channel 16 and contact Nymindegab (VHF) or Firing Safety Element for information. Keep a safe distance and obey displayed signals on the signal masts.

Type: Firing practice · severity high
Feed: Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
Location: Sea off Nymindegab, North Sea
Validity: From 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC
Until 05 Nov 2026, 23:00 UTC3 November 2026, hours 09:00 - 17:00. 4 November 2026, hours 09:00 - 17:00. 5 November 2026, hours 13:00 - 23:00.
Activity periods: 03 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC - 03 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC (3 November 2026, hours 09:00 - 17:00)
04 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC - 04 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC (4 November 2026, hours 09:00 - 17:00)
05 Nov 2026, 13:00 UTC - 05 Nov 2026, 23:00 UTC (5 November 2026, hours 13:00 - 23:00)
Hazards: live firing, temporary prohibited area
Charts: 93 (INT 1044)

Contacts

+45 7283 9550 · Firing Safety Element in Camp Oksbøl (daily working hours)
www.forsvaret.dk/da/oevelsesaktiviteter/reg-syddanmark/nymindegab-ovelsesplads-og-skydebaner/ · Information about firing practices
VHF 16 · Call channel; call name Nymindegab
VHF 6 · Conversation channel
VHF 8 · Conversation channel
+45 5085 7178 · Head of firing contact during exercises

Coast stations for this area

RCCJRCC DenmarkDenmark71 NM from the area
RCCJRCC SwedenSweden164 NM from the area
RCCMRCC BremenGermany167 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station BlaavandJRCC DenmarkDenmarkMMSI 002191000VHF 33, MF 153range 153 NM17 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station BovbjergJRCC DenmarkDenmarkMMSI 002191000VHF 34range 34 NM41 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station VejleJRCC DenmarkDenmarkMMSI 002191000VHF 42range 42 NM46 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station SyltMRCC BremenGermanyMMSI 002111240VHF 28range 28 NM55 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station AlsJRCC DenmarkDenmarkMMSI 002191000VHF 41range 41 NM71 NM from the area

Aids to navigation affected

Newly establishednorthern signal mast · 55° 50,49'N - 008° 09,92'E
Newly establishedsouthern signal mast · 55° 49,46'N - 008° 10,23'E

No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.

Worked out automatically from the warning text on 02 Nov 2026, 09:29 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.

Keywordsprohibited area FIRING

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