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Strait of Hormuz

Persian Gulf

Why it matters: Roughly a fifth of global oil passes here; recurrent tanker seizures and GPS jamming.

Local map · live AIS

under way slow stationary

Fused signal timeline · 21 days

🚢 0 now · 0 under way 💨 6.7kt · calm-smooth transit favourable
07-10 07-03 06-26 06-19 NOW 2026-07-07 — U.S. revokes license authorizing sale of Iranian oil after 3 tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
Daily satellite snapshot of Strait of Hormuz
Daily satellite context NASA GIBS · VIIRS/NOAA-20 true color · 2026-07-09 Daily true-color snapshot (2026-07-09) — context only; too coarse to resolve individual vessels. Open in NASA Worldview ↗

Assessment

Strait of Hormuz is showing a watch-level posture above its baseline; open-source coverage is cooling. Latest reporting (2026-07-07): “U.S. revokes license authorizing sale of Iranian oil after 3 tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz” — pbs.org. Metocean: 6.7 kt wind, 0.32 m seas — transit favourable.

What changed

  • ›Most recent reporting dated 2026-07-07.
  • ›Conditions: 6.7 kt / Bft 3, seas calm-smooth — favourable for transit.
  • ›No other material change in monitored feeds.

Live AIS snapshot

90s window
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under way
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stationary
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slow/loiter

Live positions via AISStream.io at build time. Cross-run gap/dark-ship detection is the next iteration.

Metocean conditions

Wind6.7 kt
Gusts14.6 kt
Beaufort3
Wave ht0.32 m
Swell0.24 m
Visibility14.9 km
Sea statecalm-smooth
Transit favourable

Open-Meteo, box centroid, at build time.

Dated open-source reporting

Updated 10 Jul 2026, 20:15 UTC · narrator: rule-based · bbox [55.4, 25.4, 57.6, 27.1]