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Taiwan Strait

East Asia

Why it matters: A majority of the world’s largest ships transit here; standing cross-strait military pressure.

Local map · live AIS

under way slow stationary

Fused signal timeline · 21 days

🚢 0 now · 0 under way 💨 28.7kt · moderate transit marginal
07-10 07-03 06-26 06-19 NOW

No dated open-source events in the last 21 days for this box.

Daily satellite snapshot of Taiwan Strait
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

Taiwan Strait is showing a watch-level posture above its baseline; open-source coverage is holding steady. Latest reporting (2025-07-10): “China Accuses US Of Risky Taiwan Strait Move | Dawn News English” — youtube.com. Metocean: 28.7 kt wind, 2.36 m seas — transit marginal.

What changed

  • Most recent reporting dated 2025-07-10.
  • Conditions: 28.7 kt / Bft 7, seas moderate — marginal for transit.
  • No other material change in monitored feeds.

Live AIS snapshot

90s window
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in box
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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

Wind28.7 kt
Gusts39.3 kt
Beaufort7
Wave ht2.36 m
Swell1.56 m
Visibility20.5 km
Sea statemoderate
Transit marginal

Open-Meteo, box centroid, at build time.

Dated open-source reporting

Updated 10 Jul 2026, 20:15 UTC · narrator: rule-based · bbox [118, 23, 121.2, 25.6]