Navtex OnlineNAVTEX in Malta and Cyprus
Malta Radio broadcasts NAVTEX for the central Mediterranean on two letters, O and T, both in English on 518 kHz, with a designed range of about 400 nautical miles. Cyprus Radio covers the eastern Mediterranean, in English on 518 kHz as letter M.
Stations and broadcast times (UTC)
| Station | Letter | Frequency | Language | Range | Broadcast times (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | O | 518 kHz | English | 400 nm | 02:20, 06:20, 10:20, 14:20, 18:20, 22:20 |
| Malta | T | 518 kHz | English | 400 nm | 03:10, 07:10, 11:10, 15:10, 19:10, 23:10 |
| Cyprus | M | 518 kHz | English | 200 nm | 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 |
Each slot is a 10-minute window, repeated every 4 hours. Urgent messages can go out at any time. Range is the designed range in nautical miles.
Which station for which waters
- Malta, Sicily, the Sicily Channel and the waters off Tunisia and Libya: Malta Radio.
- Cyprus and the Levantine Sea: Cyprus Radio. Antalya (Turkey) and RCC Haifa (Israel) also reach parts of it.
Latest messages from these stations
- Weather forecast from Malta OE15 · 11 Nov 02:23 UTC
- Weather forecast from Malta OE78 · 10 Nov 18:23 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA97 · 10 Nov 18:11 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA30 · 10 Nov 18:03 UTC
- Weather forecast from Malta OE77 · 10 Nov 02:27 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA84 · 7 Nov 02:08 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA79 · 7 Nov 02:07 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA77 · 7 Nov 02:06 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA65 · 7 Nov 02:04 UTC
- Navigational warning from Cyprus MA11 · 6 Nov 06:25 UTC
What the messages contain
- Navigational warnings (subject
A): military exercises and firing practice, unlit or missing buoys and lights, wrecks, underwater work, cable laying, search areas. - Meteorological warnings (
B): gale and storm warnings. - Weather forecasts (
E). - Search and rescue (
D): distress relays and requests to keep a lookout.
Every message starts with ZCZC, the station letter, the subject letter and a serial number, and ends with NNNN. How to read a NAVTEX message
Reading the messages online
Navtex Online shows the messages received from these stations, each with the original text and a readable version with the abbreviations written out. They come from receivers that publish what they hear and from official lists of warnings; see data sources.
Official sources for this region:
Not for navigation. Reception on land can be incomplete or garbled, and a message can be missing. This site does not replace a NAVTEX receiver on board or the official broadcasts.
Questions
What frequency is NAVTEX in Malta and Cyprus?
518 kHz: Malta O, Malta T and Cyprus M (English). Most receivers can listen to 518 kHz and 490 kHz at the same time.
When are the weather forecasts sent?
Weather forecasts (subject E) go out at least twice a day, in each station's own time slots in the table above. The latest forecasts received are on each station's page.
Can I read these messages without a receiver?
Ashore, yes: the messages received from these stations are on this page and on each station's page, for planning. At sea, carry a NAVTEX receiver: internet access is not reliable offshore, and an online copy can be late or incomplete.
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