Sea Ledger, May 1999

1999-05-01 to 1999-05-31 · archive

issued
298
warning-days in force
4,072
in force at month end
139
sea × type cells
151

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 aids471,134.537
Exercises47247.65
Cable ops39364.811
Quakes32132.91
Incidents30270.112
Surveys26269.96
Other19565.820
Ordnance19179.912
Icebergs1285.96
Missiles766.53
Derelicts652.73
Spills590.41
Containers4102.35
Mines251.42
Wrecks1199.96
Debris10.30
Volcanic139.62
War risk01555
Structures0311
Restricted0311

By sea and type · 151 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Ordnance · Adriatic Sea15113.7
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean1449.5
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean1425.7
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean8202.9
Nav aids · North Sea832.9
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean828.6
Other · North Atlantic Ocean7103.9
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean739.7
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean725.6
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean662.8
Cable ops · North Sea642.6
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea638.9
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean633.2
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean5134.3
Exercises · Aegean Sea564.6
Incidents · Philippine Sea535.2
Cable ops · South China Sea521.4
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin515.7
Quakes · Solomon Sea515
Surveys · North Sea52.6
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea4102
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean456.2
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean443
Icebergs · Southern Ocean433.2
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin426.8
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean425.5
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland425.2
Exercises · Ligurian Sea48
Surveys · English Channel44.4
Other · Adriatic Sealong running3107.1
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea327.2
Surveys · Celtic Sea320.1
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean310.5
Exercises · Ionian Sea39.1
Quakes · Bismarck Sea39
Quakes · Gulf of Alaska39
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea37.1
Nav aids · English Channel34.8
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean33.7
Cable ops · English Channel32.5
Nav aids · Celtic Sea262
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin251.8
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin247.4
Spills · Bering Sea228
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running224.1
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean222.2
Nav aids · Bass Strait27.4
Other · North Pacific Ocean26.7
Quakes · Indian Ocean26
Surveys · Ligurian Sea25.4
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight23.7
Exercises · Adriatic Sea23.5
Nav aids · Tasman Sea21
Other · North Sealong running1122.2
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel171.6
Mines · North Sealong running150.5
Incidents · South China Sea149
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean139.6
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean134.5
Cable ops · Persian Gulf132.7
Containers · Persian Gulf127.5
Exercises · Black Sea126.7
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea126.3
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean122.1
Exercises · Philippine Sea120.9
Other · Malacca Strait120.6
Cable ops · Indian Ocean120.2
Spills · Gulf of Alaska114
Spills · North Pacific Ocean114
Other · Coral Sea113.9
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel113.9
Icebergs · South Pacific Ocean113
Derelicts · Philippine Sea111.3
Cable ops · Sea of Marmara110.6
Incidents · Mozambique Channel18.6
Containers · Indian Ocean18.4
Ordnance · Aegean Sea16.2
Derelicts · Celtic Sea15.8
Ordnance · Tyrrhenian Sea15.4
Incidents · Tasman Sea15.3
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean15
Ordnance · Gulf of Thailand14.6
Exercises · Malacca Strait14.6
Nav aids · Arafura Sea14
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean14
Missiles · South Atlantic Ocean13.7
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico13.3
Other · Ionian Sea13.2
Quakes · Arctic Ocean13
Quakes · Celebes Sea13
Quakes · Ceram Sea13
Quakes · Coral Sea13
Quakes · Gulf of Tomini13
Quakes · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin13
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean13
Cable ops · Philippine Sea13
Quakes · Southern Ocean13
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea12.8
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel12.7
Cable ops · Alboran Sea12.5
Cable ops · Bay of Biscay12.3
Cable ops · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland11.9
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin11.9
Other · Arafura Sea11.5
Wrecks · Celtic Sea10.9
Mines · English Channel10.9
Containers · North Pacific Ocean10.9
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean10.9
Debris · Celtic Sea10.3
War risk · Persian Gulflong running0124
Wrecks · North Sea093
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea062
Nav aids · Coral Sea062
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean050.1
Wrecks · Persian Gulf044
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin040
Other · South Atlantic Ocean037
Cable ops · Celtic Sea032
Surveys · Adriatic Sea031
War risk · Adriatic Sea031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Incidents · Gulf of Aden031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suez031
Nav aids · Indian Ocean031
Surveys · Ionian Sea031
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Other · Makassar Strait031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel031
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean031
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Other · Norwegian Sea031
Nav aids · Persian Gulf031
Structures · Persian Gulf031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Nav aids · Solomon Sea031
Surveys · South China Sea031
Wrecks · South China Sea031
Nav aids · Sulu Sea031
Containers · Tasman Sea031
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Spills · Tyrrhenian Sea027.4
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin026.8
Surveys · South Pacific Ocean021
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea020.4
Incidents · Caribbean Sea020.4
Ordnance · Tasman Sea015
Incidents · Ionian Sea013
Spills · Gulf of Mexico02
Quakes · Philippine Sea01.3
Cable ops · Coral Sea01

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-05, 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, May 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards