Sea Vigil was the first coastal defence Exercise Sea Vigil, conducted by the Navy and Coast Guard, in close coordination with State Governments and Union Territories

The objectives of the Sea-Vigil Exercise were:

• Simultaneously activate the coastal security mechanism across all states and Union Territories.
• Evaluate critical areas and processes, including inter-agency coordination, information sharing and technical surveillance.
• Comprehensively and holistically validate the efficacy of the measures taken since ’26/11′ Mumbai attacks.

It covers the entire 7,516 km-long Indian coastline and exclusive economic zone and involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories.