NW-M-1570-26
Unmanned wave gliders transiting LaHave Bank
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ActiveTwo remotely operated Wave Gliders (C34167NS and C34164NS) are transiting LaHave Bank following a sequence of reported positions. The gliders are small (3.05 m x 0.81 m), travel about 1.0 kt, have masts with a white light and orange flag, and one has a non-transmitting AIS receiver. Mariners should keep a lookout for these slow-moving unmanned surface vehicles and contact the operators if sighted. This message cancels NW-M-1525-26.
Maintain a good lookout, navigate with caution and avoid close approaches; report sightings to the contacts provided.
- Type
- Drifting object · severity moderate
- Feed
- Wrecks, obstructions and drifting objectsAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- LaHave Bank
- Validity
- From 30 Oct 2026, 02:01 UTC
2026-10-30 02:01 UTC - Hazards
- unmanned surface vehicle, slow-moving scientific instrument, small surface obstruction
- Cancels
- NW-M-1525-26
- Charts
- 4012(NAD83), 8006(NAD83), 8007(NAD83)
Contacts
Vessels involved
- Wave Glider C34167NS · unmanned surface vehicle
- Wave glider c34164NS · unmanned surface vehicle
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC HalifaxCanada146 NM from the area
- RCCRCC BostonUnited States268 NM from the area
- RCCJRCC QuebecCanada371 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station YarmouthJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160015VHF 40range 40 NM91 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station KingsburgJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160016VHF 40range 40 NM114 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TivertonJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160015VHF 40range 40 NM128 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station LockportJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160015VHF 40range 40 NM132 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Ketch HarborJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160016VHF 40range 40 NM135 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 30 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.