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SÉCURITÉDredging and sand replenishment at Ponta da Calheta affecting Calheta Beach
No longer in forceReceived 26 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTCArchived 02 Nov 2026, 09:06 UTC
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Positions open on the mapAVISA-SE TODA A NAVEGAÇÃO QUE, A PARTIR DO DIA 19 DE OUTUBRO, IRÃO DECORRER OPERAÇÕES DE DRAGAGEM NA PONTA DA CALHETA COM ALIMENTAÇÃO ARTIFICIAL DE AREIA PARA A PRAIA POR UM PERÍODO PREVISTO DE QUARENTA DIAS. FICA DESTA FORMA, CONDICIONADA TODA A NAVEGAÇÃO FRENTE À PRAIA DA CALHETA E ÁREAS ADJACENTES, DE MODO A NÃO INTERFERIR COM OS TRABALHOS EM CURSO.
⚠️ TODAS AS EMBARCAÇÕES QUE NAVEGUEM NA ÁREA DEVEM DAR UM RESGUARDO DE SEGURANÇA E MANTER UMA VELOCIDADE REDUZIDA A FIM DE SE EVITAREM ACIDENTES.
ALL NAVIGATION IS ADVISED THAT, FROM OCTOBER 19, DREDGING OPERATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AT PONTA DA CALHETA WITH ARTIFICIAL SAND SUPPLY TO THE BEACH FOR A FORESEEN PERIOD OF FORTY DAYS. THEREFORE, ALL NAVIGATION IN FRONT OF CALHETA BEACH AND ADJACENT AREAS IS CONDITIONED SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE ONGOING WORK.
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ALL VESSELS NAVIGATING IN THE AREA MUST KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AND MAINTAIN A REDUCED SPEED TO AVOID ACCIDENTS.
POSITION: 33-01.22N 016-22.47W
POSITION: 33-01.36N 016-22.25W
POSITION: 33-01.61N 016-22.47W
POSITION: 33-01.47N 016-22.70W
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No longer in forceFrom 19 October dredging and artificial sand supply will take place at Ponta da Calheta. Operations will affect navigation in front of Calheta Beach and adjacent areas for a foreseen period of forty days. Vessels in the area must keep a safe distance and proceed at reduced speed to avoid accidents. Four positions are given defining the working area.
Keep a safe distance from the work area, proceed at reduced speed and avoid interfering with dredging operations.
- Type
- Dredging / works · severity moderate
- Feed
- Offshore works, rigs and towingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Ponta da Calheta; in front of Calheta Beach and adjacent areas
- Validity
- From 19 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Until 28 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTCFROM OCTOBER 19 ... FOR A FORESEEN PERIOD OF FORTY DAYS - Activity periods
- 19 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC - 28 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC (Dredging operations and artificial sand supply (forty days from 19 October))
- Hazards
- dredging operations, work vessels and equipment, restricted navigation near works
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRCC Las PalmasSpain319 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC TenerifeSpain323 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station La PalmaMRCC TenerifeSpainMMSI 002241025VHF 35range 35 NM273 NM from the area
- DSCDSC StationMRCC TenerifeSpainMMSI 002241025VHF 35, MF 150range 150 NM275 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station ArrecifeMRCC Las PalmasSpainMMSI 002241025VHF 35, MF 150range 150 NM276 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station FuerteventuraMRCC Las PalmasSpainMMSI 002241025VHF 35range 35 NM297 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station GomeraMRCC Las PalmasSpainMMSI 002241025VHF 35range 35 NM298 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 26 Oct 2026, 16:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
Keywordsdredging operations