Sea Ledger, April 1999

1999-04-01 to 1999-04-30 · archive

issued
288
warning-days in force
3,635
in force at month end
120
sea × type cells
142

baseline: same month, previous 5 years — not available for this month (needs three fully collected reference months)

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Nav aids671,142.734
Cable ops55448.116
Exercises42302.15
Incidents29186.46
Quakes25101.74
Surveys23222.213
Other16410.715
Missiles766.42
Ordnance760.72
Icebergs426.42
Derelicts340.61
Mines337.81
Spills3872
Containers218.52
War risk1135.45
Wrecks12027
Structures0301
Debris0360
Towing0200
Restricted0301
Volcanic0301

By sea and type · 142 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Cable ops · Celtic Sea1451.8
Nav aids · North Sea1449.8
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean1244.2
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean1074.1
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel1017.4
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean8204.3
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean8105.3
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean858.3
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean819.4
Nav aids · English Channel84.6
Nav aids · Coral Sea749.8
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean657.2
Exercises · Adriatic Sea615.8
Surveys · North Sea614.6
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean69.9
Incidents · Philippine Sea61.2
Other · North Atlantic Ocean488
Exercises · Black Sea431.5
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean424.7
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean416.5
Quakes · Solomon Sea412.1
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean44.2
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland40.1
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea3116.8
Other · Adriatic Sealong running360.9
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin354.1
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean347.1
Cable ops · North Sea342
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean341.2
Spills · Gulf of Mexico340
Surveys · Celtic Sea311.9
Quakes · Coral Sea39
Cable ops · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland38.4
Cable ops · English Channel35.1
Exercises · Ligurian Sea34.5
Exercises · Aegean Sea272.5
Nav aids · Celtic Sea265.1
Nav aids · Persian Gulf245.3
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean241
Exercises · Caribbean Sea238.4
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin238.2
Other · North Sealong running232.1
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea230.9
Surveys · South Pacific Ocean229.3
Icebergs · South Pacific Ocean222.8
Cable ops · South China Sea215.3
Other · North Pacific Ocean213.8
Nav aids · Tasman Sea28.4
Quakes · Bismarck Sea26
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin25.8
Icebergs · Southern Ocean23.6
Surveys · English Channel21.3
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel21.1
Cable ops · Bristol Channel21
Nav aids · Bristol Channel20
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin20
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin182.5
Wrecks · Persian Gulf152
Cable ops · Philippine Sea137.6
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin136.4
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea133.1
Other · Indian Ocean122.6
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea119.6
Ordnance · Tasman Sea116.7
Surveys · Ionian Sea116.3
War risk · Adriatic Sea115.4
Cable ops · Coral Sea115.2
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean114.9
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean111.3
Nav aids · South China Sea111.3
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel110.2
Surveys · Persian Gulf19.9
Other · Norwegian Sea19.6
Exercises · South China Sea19.5
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean19.3
Exercises · Japan Sea18.5
Incidents · Gulf of Aden18.3
Surveys · South China Sea17.4
Containers · Tasman Sea17.2
Mines · Celtic Sea16.7
Missiles · South Atlantic Ocean16.2
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea14.4
Nav aids · Bass Strait14.3
Other · Ionian Sea14.3
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean14.1
Quakes · Indian Ocean13.3
Quakes · Gulf of Tomini13
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean13
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean13
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin12.4
Quakes · Philippine Sea11.7
Exercises · Ionian Sea11.6
Incidents · South China Sea11.5
Mines · English Channel11.1
Other · Coral Sea11
Derelicts · Eastern China Sea10.6
Ordnance · Persian Gulf10.5
Surveys · Bristol Channel10.2
Cable ops · Indian Ocean10.2
Incidents · Celtic Sea10.1
Mines · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland10
War risk · Persian Gulflong running0120
Wrecks · North Sea090
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea060
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel060
Other · South Atlantic Ocean060
Surveys · Adriatic Sea030
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running030
Incidents · Caribbean Sealong running030
Ordnance · English Channellong running030
Nav aids · Gulf of Suez030
Nav aids · Indian Ocean030
Incidents · Ionian Sea030
Other · Makassar Strait030
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running030
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel030
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running030
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean030
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean030
Mines · North Sealong running030
Cable ops · Persian Gulf030
Structures · Persian Gulf030
Other · Red Sealong running030
Nav aids · Solomon Sea030
Wrecks · South China Sea030
Nav aids · Sulu Sea030
Spills · Tyrrhenian Sea030
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea030
Exercises · Malacca Strait029
Derelicts · Gulf of Mexico021
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean021
Towing · Ionian Sea020
Debris · Adriatic Sea015
Other · Aegean Sea015
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea015
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean015
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea013
Spills · North Pacific Ocean012
Nav aids · Bismarck Sea08
Other · Persian Gulf07
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean05
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean03

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-04, retrieved 2026-09-03

Not for navigation. Warning-days = days each warning was in force within the month, summed. Only warnings we display are counted; the ratio compares warnings issued with the mean of the reference months.

Sea Ledger, April 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards