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COMSAR.1/Circ.58/Rev.1
31 October 2018

LISTS OF NAVAREA AND METAREA COORDINATORS

1 In consultation with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO), updated lists of NAVAREA and METAREA Coordinators
have been prepared, as set out in annexes 1 and 2, respectively.

2 The lists of NAVAREA and METAREA Coordinators are given in the English
language only.

3 Member States are invited to bring this circular to the attention of all parties
concerned.

4 This circular revokes COMSAR.1/Circ.58.

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ANNEX 1

LIST OF NAVAREA COORDINATORS*

NAVAREA I NAVAREA III

NAVAREA I Coordinator: Director del Instituto Hidrografico de la Marina

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Instituto Hidrografico de la Marina
Admiralty Way Plaza San Severiano No 3
Taunton 11007 Cadiz
Somerset TA1 2DN Spain
United Kingdom Tel: +34 (956) 599 409; 599 414
Tel: +44 1823 353 448 Fax: +34 (956) 599 396; 545 347
Fax: +44 1823 322 352 Email: avisosihm@fn.mde.es
Email: navwarnings@btconnect.com ihmesp@fn.mde.es
Website: http://www.ukho.gov.uk/rnw Website: http://www.armada.mde.es/ihm/

(Baltic Sea Sub-Area Coordinator):

Swedish Maritime Administration NAVAREA IV & XII
NtM/BALTICO
SE-601 78 Norrkoping Deputy Director NOX
Sweden ATTN: N65-SP
Tel: +46 771 63 06 05 7500 GEOINT Drive
Email: ufs@sjofartsverket.se Springfield, VA 22150-7500
Website: http://www.sjofartsverket.se/baltico United States
Tel: +1 (571) 557 7646
Fax: +1 (571) 558 3261
NAVAREA II Email: Peter.M.Doherty@nga.mil
Christopher.G.Janus1@nga.mil
Department "Informations et Ouvrages NAVSAFETY@nga.mil
Nautiques" Website: http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal
Service hydrographique et océanographique
de la marine
13 rue du Chatellier, CS 92803 NAVAREA V
29228 Brest Cedex 2
France Head of Safety of Navigation Information
Tel: +33 2 56 31 24 24 (Duty Officer, H24) Division
+33 6 24 80 08 92 (Duty Officer, spare) Rua Barao de Jaceguay, s/n˚
Fax: +33 2 56 31 25 84 Ponta D'Areia – Niteroi – RJ
Email: coord.navarea2@shom.fr (H24), CEP-24048-900
coord.navarea2@gmail.com (spare) Brazil
Website: Tel: +55 21 2189 3023/3210
http://diffusion.shom.fr/navarea-en-vigueur Fax: +55 21 2189 3210/2620 0073
Email: caula@marinha.mil.br
segnav@chm.mar.mil.br
Website:
http://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/chm/avgantes/avr
adioing.htm

* The changes for this new revision are highlighted in red.

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NAVAREA VI NAVAREA IX

Maritime Safety Department Area Coordinating Office HQ NAVAREA IX

Servicio de Hidrografia Naval PN Hydrographic Dept
Avenida Montes de Oca 2124 11, Liaquat Barracks
C 1270ABV- Buenos Aires Karachi – 75530
Argentina Pakistan
Tel: +54 11 4301-2249/4301-0061/67 Tel: +92 21 4850 6821/4850 6152/4850 6151
Ext 4028 Fax: +92 21 9920 1623/9920 3246
Fax: +54 11 4301-2249 Email: hydropk@paknavy.gov.pk
Email: snautica@hidro.gov.ar hydrpk@gmail.com
shn_orgint@hidro.gov.ar Website:
Website: www.paknavy.gov.pk/hydro/index.asp
http://www.hidro.gob.ar/Nautica/radioav.asp

NAVAREA X
NAVAREA VII
Search and Rescue
Hydrographer SA Navy Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Hydrographic Office GPO Box 2181
Private Bag X1 Canberra, ACT, 2601
Tokai Australia
7966 Cape Town Tel: +61 (2) 6230 6811
South Africa Fax: +61 (2) 6230 6868
Tel: +27 (21) 787 2408 or 787 2445/2444 Email: rccaus@amsa.gov.au
Fax: +27 (21) 787 2233 or 787 2228 (24 hrs) Website: http://www.amsa.gov.au/search-
Email: hydrosan@iafrica.com and-rescue/distress-and-safety-comms/msi/
navcomcen.cape@sanavy.co.za
Website: http://www.sanho.co.za/
NAVAREA XI

NAVAREA VIII Director, Notices to Mariners Office

Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department
Joint Director of Hydrography Japan Coast Guard
Maritime Safety Information Services (MSIS) 3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku,
National Hydrographic Office Tokyo 135-8932
107-A, Rajpur Road Japan
P.B. No. 75, Dehradun, Tel: +81 3 3595 3647
Uttarakhand - 248 001 Fax: +81 3 3595 3571
India Email: tuho@jodc.go.jp
Tel: +91 135 2747365 jcg-tuho@navarea11.go.jp
Fax: +91 135 2748373 Website:
Email: msis-inho@navy.gov.in http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/TUHO/keiho/nav
(For urgent NAVAREA promulgation) area11_en.html
inho@navy.gov.in
Website: http://www.hydrobharat.nic.in
NAVAREA XII
(See NAVAREA IV)

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NAVAREA XIII NAVAREA XV

Chief, Notice to Mariners Division Director, Hydrographic and Oceanographic

Department of Navigation and Oceanography Service of the Chilean Navy
Ministry of Defence, Russian Federation Errázuriz 254
2 Atamanskaya st. Playa Ancha
St. Petersburg 191167 Valparaíso
Russian Federation Chile
Tel/Fax: +7 812 717 5900 Tel: +56 32 226 6666
Email: unio_navarea@mil.ru Fax: +56 32 226 6542
Email: navareaxv@shoa.cl
Website: http://www.shoa.mil.cl/
NAVAREA XIV

NAVAREA XIV Coordinator NAVAREA XVI

New Zealand Hydrographic Authority
Land Information New Zealand Director
Radio New Zealand House Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación
155 The Terrace Calle Roca No. 118
PO Box 5501 Chucuito, Callao
Wellington 6145 Perú
New Zealand Tel: +51 1 207 8160
Tel: +64 4 460 0110 (office hours) Fax: +51 1 207 8178
Tel: +64 27 687 9536 (24 hours) Email: navareaxvi@dhn.mil.pe
Tel: +64 27 704 6994 (24 hours) dihidronav@dhn.mil.pe
Fax: +64 4 498 3535 Website: http://www.dhn.mil.pe
Email: navareaxiv@linz.govt.nz
Website:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/nautical- NAVAREA XVII & XVIII
info/navigation-area-14
NAVAREA XVII & XVIII Coordinator
(Effective from 1 July 2017 as follows:) Operational Support
Maritime New Zealand Canadian Coast Guard
RCCNZ Centennial Towers
41 Percy Cameron Street 200 Kent Street
Avalon Studios Level 1 Ottawa
PO Box 30050 Ontario K1A 0E6
Lower Hutt 5040 Canada
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 577 8030 (24 hours) Operational matters:
Fax: +64 4 577 8038 (24 hours) Tel: + 1 613 925 4471
E-mail: rccnz@maritimenz.govt.nz (24 hours) Fax: + 1 613 925 4519
Website: Email: navarea17.18@innav.gc.ca
http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/navarea
Administrative matters:
Tel: +1 613 990 7572
Email: Lucia.Bakker@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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NAVAREA XIX NAVAREA XX & XXI

Department of Maritime Safety NAVAREA XX & XXI Coordinator

Norwegian Coastal Administration Federal State Unitary Enterprise
Postbox 1502 "Rosmorport"
6025 Ålesund Bld. 7, 19 Sushevskaya Street
Norway Moscow
Tel: +47 78 943 000 127055
Fax: +47 78 989 899 Russian Federation
Email: navarea19@kystverket.no Tel: +7 495 626 14-25 exts
Website: www.navarea-xix.no (1060/1707/1746/1710)
Fax: +7 495 626 12-39
Email: navarea@rosmorport.ru

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ANNEX 2

LIST OF METAREA COORDINATORS*†

METAREA I METAREA IV

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES

Mr. Nick ASHTON Mr. Wayne PRESNELL
Key Account Manager Met Office Marine and Coastal Weather Services
127 Clerkenwell Road London – National Weather Service/National Oceanic
EC1R 5LP Atmospheric Administration
United Kingdom 1325 East-West Highway Silver Spring –
Telephone: +44 1392 885 402 MD 20910
Telefax: +44 20 7204 7479 United States
Email: nick.ashton@metoffice.gov.uk Telephone: +1 301 713 1677 (ext. 128)
Telefax: +1 301 713 1520
Email: Wayne.Presnell@noaa.gov
METAREA II

FRANCE METAREA V
Ms. Mireille MAYOKA
Météo-France BRAZIL
Direction des Opérations pour la Prévision Mr. Daniel PEIXOTO de CARVALHO
Marine et Océanographique Lieutenant Commander
42, avenue Gaspard Coriolis Navy Hydrographic Center (CHM)
31057 Toulouse Cedex Barao de Jaceguay street,
France Ponta da Armacao Niteroi
Telephone: +33 5 61 07 82 91 24048-900 – RJ
Telefax: +33 5 61 07 82 09 Brazil
Email: mireille.mayoka@meteo.fr Telephone: +55 21 2189 3027
Email: peixoto.carvalho@marinha.mil.br

METAREA III

GREECE
Mr. Michail MYRSILIDIS
Head of Marine Section
Marine Section
Hellenic National Meteorological Service
14, El. Venizelou St.
Hellnikon Airport GR-167 77 Athens
Greece
Telephone: +30 210 969 9013
Telefax: +30 210 962 8952
Email: michail.myrsilidis@emy.gr

* The changes for this new revision are highlighted in red.

† This list is the reproduction of the information uploaded on WMO's website:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/Operational_Information/VolumeD/GMDSS/Focal_Points/GMDSS
/fp.pdf

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METAREA VI (South of the Equator)

ARGENTINA MAURITIUS
Ms. Alicia CEJAS Mr. Renganaden VIRASAMI
Av. Dorrego 4019 (C1425GBE) Divisional Meteorologist
1002 – Buenos Aires Mauritius Meteorological Services
Argentina St Paul Road
Telephone: +54 11 5167 6767 Vacoas
Telefax: +54 11 5167 6709 Mauritius
Email: agcejas@smn.gov.ar Telephone: +230 686 1031
Telefax: +230 686 1033
Email: vganessen@yahoo.com
METAREA VII

SOUTH AFRICA METAREA IX

Ms. Christine THAELE
South African Weather Service PAKISTAN
International Airport Mr. Hazrat MIR
Cape Town – 7525 Pakistan Meteorological Department Met
South Africa Complex
Telephone: +27 21 935 5700 University Road, Karachi – 75270
Telefax: +27 21 934 4590 Pakistan
Email: christina.thaele@weathersa.co.za Telephone: +92 21 9926 1404
Telefax: +92 21 9926 1405
Email: pakmet_islamabad@yahoo.com
METAREA VIII hazratmir2015@yahoo.com
sarfarazmet@hotmail.com
(North of Equator)

INDIA METAREA X
Ms. Neetha K. GOPAL
India Meteorological Department National AUSTRALIA
Weather Forecasting Centre Mr. Neal MOODIE
New Delhi 110 003 National Manager –
India Marine Weather Services
Telephone: +91 11 2463 5664 Australian Bureau of Meteorology
+91 11 4382 4334 700 Collins Street
Mobile: +91 90 1197 5999 Melbourne VIC 3001
Telefax: +91 20 2553 5435 Australia
Email: neetha.kgopal@imd.gov.in Telephone: +61 3 9669 4768
neethakgopal@yahoo.com Email: Neal.Moodie@bom.gov.au

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METAREA XI METAREA XIII

JAPAN RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Mr. Shigeharu NISHIKAWA Dr. Vasily SMOLYANITSKY
Senior Scientific Officer, Head of Laboratory
Administration Division, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Forecast Department Bering str., 38
Japan Meteorological Agency, St.Petersburg – 199397
Tokyo 1-3-4 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku Russian Federation
100-8122 – Tokyo Telephone: +7 812 337 3149
Japan Telefax: +7 812 337 3241
Telephone: - Email: vms@aari.aq
Telefax: -
Email: mms-jma@ml.kishou.go.jp METAREA XIV

NEW ZEALAND
CHINA Ms. Elke LOUW
Mr. Wei ZHAO Meteorological Service of New Zealand
Typhoon and Marine Weather Forecast 30 Salamanca Rd
Center Kelburn Wellington 6012
National Meteorological Centre (NMC) New Zealand
China Meteorological administration (CMA) Telephone: +64 4 470 0737
Zhongguancun Nandajie No. 46, Telefax: +64 4 473 5231
Haidian District Email: elke.louw@metservice.com
Beijing 100081
China
Telephone: +86 10 5899 5841 METAREA XV
Telefax: +86 10 6217 2956
Email: zhaowei@cma.gov.cn CHILE
Luis VIDAL LEMA
Capitán de Fragata OM
METAREA XII Head of Chile Navy Weather Service
Subida Cementerio 300
UNITED STATES Playa Ancha Valparaíso
Mr. Wayne PRESNELL Chile
Marine and Coastal Weather Services Telephone: +56 32 220 8620
National Weather Service/ Telefax: +56 32 220 8621
National Oceanic Atmospheric Email: Lvidall@directemar.cl
Administration
1325 East-West Highway Silver Spring –
MD 20910
United States
Telephone: +1 301 713 1677 (ext. 128)
Telefax: +1 301 713 1520
Email: Wayne.Presnell@noaa.gov

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METAREA XVI METAREA XIX

PERU NORWAY
Giacomo MOROTE SOMONTES Mr. Helge TANGEN
First lieutenant Regional Director
Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Marina de Guerra del Perú Forecasting Division of Northern Norway
Calle Roca 118 – Chucuito The Norwegian Meteorological Institute,
Callao (Vervarslinga for Nord-Norge)
Perú P.box 6314 Langnes
Telephone: +51 1 207 8160 NO-9293 Tromso
Telefax: +51 1 453 0877 Norway
Email: gmorote@dhn.mil.pe Telephone: +47 77 62 13 00
Telefax: +47 77 62 13 01
Email: helge.tangen@met.no
METAREA XVII

CANADA METAREA XX
Mr. John PARKER
Manager, Prediction and Training Section- RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Atlantic Meteorological Service of Canada Dr. Vasily SMOLYANITSKY
Environment Canada Head of Laboratory
45 Alderney Drive Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Dartmouth NS B2Y 2N6 Bering str., 38
Canada St. Petersburg – 199397
Telephone: +1 902 426 3836 Russian Federation
Telefax: +1 902 490 0259 Telephone: +7 812 337 3149
Email: john.parker2@canada.ca Telefax: +7 812 337 3241
Email: vms@aari.aq

METAREA XVIII
METAREA XXI
CANADA
Mr. John PARKER RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Manager, Prediction and Training Section- Dr. Vasily SMOLYANITSKY
Atlantic Meteorological Service of Canada Head of Laboratory
Environment Canada Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
45 Alderney Drive Bering str., 38
Dartmounth NS B2Y 2N6 St. Petersburg – 199397
Canada Russian Federation
Telephone: +1 902 426 3836 Telephone: +7 812 337 3149
Telefax: +1 902 490 0259 Telefax: +7 812 337 3241
Email: john.parker2@canada.ca Email: vms@aari.aq

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