NW-M-1567-26
Subsurface scientific mooring deployed off Eastern Shore
ActiveReceived 29 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Warning text
NW-M-1567-26
Date
2026-10-29 11:34 UTC
Status
Published
Title
Scientific Instruments Change
Areas
Eastern Shore
Categories
Scientific Moorings
Description
Subsurface scientific mooring 97 meters in length deployed in 174 meters depth with top of mooring 52 meter below surface. The mooring is equipped with a profiling communications float that surfaces every 4 hours to transmit data and then retract down to 52 meters depth during surfacing intervals.
A wide berth is requested.
Position
Charts
4320(NAD83)
Analysis
ActiveA 97 m subsurface scientific mooring has been deployed in 174 m depth off the Eastern Shore. Top of the mooring is at 52 m below the surface. The mooring carries a profiling communications float that surfaces every 4 hours to transmit data and then retracts to 52 m. A wide berth is requested.
Give the mooring a wide berth, keep a sharp lookout for surface floats, and avoid anchoring or trawling in the area.
- Type
- Offshore operations · severity moderate
- Feed
- Offshore works, rigs and towingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Eastern Shore
- Validity
- From 29 Oct 2026, 11:34 UTC
2026-10-29 11:34 UTC - Hazards
- scientific mooring, profiling communications float surfacing intermittently
- Charts
- 4320(NAD83)
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 29 Oct 2026, 12:17 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.