Sea Ledger, July 1999

1999-07-01 to 1999-07-31 · archive

issued
315
warning-days in force
6,038
in force at month end
208
sea × type cells
164

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 aids621,754.863
Cable ops48470.716
Incidents35345.712
Exercises34236.46
Quakes30119.92
Surveys2325710
Ordnance14969.732
Other11538.316
Missiles1178.14
Icebergs1154.72
Spills111318
Wrecks9418.117
Derelicts7201.26
Containers5960
Structures355.94
Towing10.10
War risk01555
Restricted0311
Mines0622
Volcanic0622

By sea and type · 164 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Cable ops · North Sea1477.4
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1133
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean1123.5
Icebergs · Southern Ocean941.5
Exercises · Gulf of Guinea816.3
Surveys · Celtic Sea813.8
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean7188
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland796.8
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean794
Nav aids · English Channel770.8
Nav aids · North Sea725.2
Ordnance · Adriatic Sea6832.1
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean6212
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean662
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean646.7
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean623.7
Nav aids · Celtic Sea597.8
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean579.1
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean577.9
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean534.3
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean516.1
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea4208
Nav aids · Coral Sea4131.1
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean429
Surveys · English Channel420.5
Incidents · Indian Ocean418
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea412.8
Cable ops · Celtic Sea358.7
Surveys · Adriatic Sea357.5
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean345.3
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean336
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia334
Spills · Gulf of Mexico333
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea330.6
Containers · South Pacific Ocean313.6
Quakes · Philippine Sea39
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running2119.2
Nav aids · Persian Gulf272.3
Wrecks · South China Sea262
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea250.6
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel235.6
Exercises · Japan Sea235.4
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin230.1
Spills · North Pacific Ocean228
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean228
Cable ops · Indian Ocean222
Cable ops · Tasman Sea221.1
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin220
Other · North Pacific Ocean214.5
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean213.2
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean212.8
Exercises · South China Sea211.1
Derelicts · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin27.4
Structures · North Sea27.3
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin26.5
Quakes · Bismarck Sea26
Quakes · Greenland Sea26
Quakes · Solomon Sea26
Cable ops · Tyrrhenian Sea25.7
Incidents · South China Sea25
Cable ops · English Channel23.4
Incidents · Philippine Sea22.4
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel22.3
Incidents · Coral Sea20.6
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean1108
Wrecks · English Channel180.2
Wrecks · Persian Gulf160.9
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean153.3
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basinlong running147.8
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea143
Ordnance · Greenland Sea141.7
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin139.6
Other · Adriatic Sealong running134.1
Exercises · Black Sea132.6
Nav aids · Indian Ocean132.2
Nav aids · Singapore Strait131.7
Surveys · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland131
Derelicts · Caribbean Sea130.5
Other · Celtic Sea127.4
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight124.4
Nav aids · Ionian Sea123.2
Other · Indian Ocean122.6
Structures · South China Sea117.6
Derelicts · Gulf of Guinea116.7
Surveys · Black Sea114.6
Nav aids · Tasman Sea114.4
Nav aids · Malacca Strait112
Other · Ionian Sea111.5
Wrecks · Arabian Sea110.3
Wrecks · Bay of Bengal110.3
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico110
Containers · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin17
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean17
Containers · Celtic Sea16.5
Cable ops · Yellow Sea16.1
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean16
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin15.3
Ordnance · South China Sea15.3
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel15.1
Ordnance · Malacca Strait15
Cable ops · North Pacific Ocean14.7
Exercises · Adriatic Sea14.3
Exercises · Ligurian Sea14.3
Quakes · Coral Sea14.2
Ordnance · Indian Ocean14
Other · English Channel13.6
Quakes · Bering Sea13
Quakes · Caribbean Sea13
Quakes · Savu Sea13
Ordnance · North Sea12.8
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean12.7
Incidents · Arabian Sea12.4
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel11.7
Ordnance · Gulf of Thailand11.6
Surveys · Ligurian Sea10.9
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean10.6
Nav aids · Bass Strait10.2
Incidents · Gulf of Aden10.2
Incidents · Gulf of Guinea10.1
Incidents · Ionian Sea10.1
Towing · South Pacific Ocean10.1
Other · North Sealong running0132.4
War risk · Persian Gulflong running0124
Exercises · Aegean Sea062.8
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea062
Other · Malacca Strait062
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel062
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean062
Mines · North Sealong running062
Wrecks · North Sealong running062
Nav aids · South China Sea062
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean062
War risk · Adriatic Sea031
Nav aids · Bering Sea031
Derelicts · English Channel031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Cable ops · Gulf of Oman031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suezlong running031
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel031
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean031
Incidents · Persian Gulf031
Structures · Persian Gulf031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Nav aids · Solomon Sea031
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean031
Ordnance · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean029.7
Other · South Atlantic Ocean023.2
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea017.5
Containers · North Pacific Ocean015.4
Containers · Philippine Sea015.4
Surveys · South China Sea010
Containers · Indian Ocean08.4
Incidents · Mozambique Channel08.4
Ordnance · Philippine Sea06.5
Cable ops · Gulf of Alaska04.9
Other · South Pacific Ocean04
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean03.2
Other · Norwegian Sea01.4
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel00.4

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-07, 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, July 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards