琼航警197/26
Military exercises and exclusion zone off Hainan, 14-31 Oct
Expiredended 31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC (14 h ago)Received 13 Oct 2026, 13:58 UTC
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Positions open on the mapHN189/26 SOUTH CHINA SEA MILITARY EXERCISES IN AREA BOUNDED BY THE LINES JOINING 18-07-20N 109-37-50E；18-07-20N 109-41-20E；18-04-50N 109-41-20E；18-04-50N 109-37-50E, FROM 14 TO 31 OCT 2026 , ENTERING PROHIBITED. HAINAN MSA.
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Expiredended 31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC (14 h ago)Military exercises will be conducted in a quadrilateral area off Hainan in the South China Sea. The area bounded by the four positions 18-07-20N 109-37-50E; 18-07-20N 109-41-20E; 18-04-50N 109-41-20E; 18-04-50N 109-37-50E is closed to navigation from 14 to 31 October 2026. The notice is issued by Hainan MSA and states entering the area is prohibited.
Do not enter the defined area; avoid the area and comply with directions from Hainan MSA.
- Type
- Military exercise · severity high
- Feed
- Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- South China Sea, area off Hainan
- Validity
- From 14 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Until 31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTCFROM 14 TO 31 OCT 2026 - Activity periods
- 14 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC - 31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC (military exercises, area closed to navigation)
- Hazards
- military exercise, exclusion zone, closed waters
Contacts
- HAINAN MSA · issuing authority
Coast stations for this area
- RCCSanya HASChina10 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)357 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Sanya RadioSanya HASChinaMMSI 00412370016 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Basuo RadioBasuo HASChinaMMSI 004123600MF 100range 100 NM82 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Haikou RadioHaikou HSA/MRCC Hainan ProvinceChinaMMSI 004123500VHF 25range 25 NM120 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Da Nang/XVT RadioMRCC Danang (VMRCC)VietnamMMSI 005742030VHF 30, MF 200, HFrange 200 NM144 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Hue/XVD RadioMRCC Danang (VMRCC)VietnamMMSI 005742020VHF 30, MF 200range 200 NM149 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 13 Oct 2026, 14:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.