Sea Ledger, August 1999

1999-08-01 to 1999-08-31 · archive

issued
331
warning-days in force
6,477
in force at month end
198
sea × type cells
177

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 aids621,853.161
Incidents4649417
Surveys41335.311
Quakes36110.31
Exercises34260.16
Other23627.620
Cable ops23453.413
Icebergs21115.54
Derelicts18152.54
Missiles1188.74
Ordnance7946.429
Spills5912
Containers27.20
Wrecks1526.116
Mines162.32
War risk0136.51
Structures01244
Restricted0311
Volcanic0622

By sea and type · 177 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Exercises · Adriatic Sea1423
Surveys · Celtic Sea1123.9
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean10157.3
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1030
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean944.1
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean931.6
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean875.1
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean849
Icebergs · Southern Ocean834.3
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean826.3
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel742.5
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean6218.4
Other · North Sea6144.7
Cable ops · North Sea653.6
Derelicts · North Sea612
Nav aids · Coral Sea5167
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea5143.4
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean5100.1
Nav aids · English Channel567.3
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean562
Nav aids · North Sea542.4
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean523.1
Exercises · Ionian Sea515.8
Incidents · Coral Sea58.7
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland4127
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running4116.8
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean497.6
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean388
Cable ops · Celtic Sea380.6
Incidents · Indian Ocean369.7
Nav aids · Celtic Sea368.1
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean337
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel332.1
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean330.4
Exercises · South China Sea329.5
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin326.6
Derelicts · Indian Ocean321
Cable ops · Tasman Sea319.7
Icebergs · Labrador Sea319.1
Surveys · North Sea317.9
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean39.7
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin30.5
Nav aids · Bering Sea279.9
Nav aids · Gulf of Suezlong running259.8
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea246.7
Nav aids · Indian Ocean240.6
Other · South China Sea233.5
Other · South Pacific Ocean225.6
Other · Japan Sea220.9
Surveys · North Pacific Ocean217.5
Other · Yellow Sea217.1
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean215.6
Cable ops · Norwegian Sea215.5
Nav aids · Tasman Sea215.4
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean213.1
Derelicts · Coral Sea28.2
Cable ops · Black Sea27.2
Ordnance · South China Sea26.9
Quakes · Banda Sea26
Quakes · Bismarck Sea26
Quakes · Coral Sea26
Quakes · Philippine Sea26
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean23.5
Ordnance · Adriatic Sea1858.4
Surveys · Adriatic Sea169.5
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean163.2
Exercises · Aegean Sea161.9
Exercises · Black Sea135
Nav aids · Singapore Strait134.5
Incidents · South China Sea131.3
Incidents · Gulf of Aden129.7
Nav aids · Japan Sea124.7
Wrecks · Gulf of Oman122.3
Spills · Gulf of Mexico122
Surveys · Philippine Sea120.4
Other · Makassar Strait120.3
Derelicts · Caribbean Sea118.9
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea118.1
Incidents · Gulf of Guinea117.3
Surveys · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland115.6
Other · Sea of Marmara115
Surveys · Malacca Strait114.9
Surveys · English Channel114.6
Nav aids · Red Sea114.4
Incidents · North Sea114.3
Spills · North Pacific Ocean114
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin113.7
Incidents · Java Sea110.7
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin18.3
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin17.5
Containers · South Pacific Ocean17.2
Derelicts · Adriatic Sea17
Exercises · Philippine Sea17
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean16.6
Ordnance · Tyrrhenian Sea16.2
Surveys · Gulf of Aqaba15.3
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin15.3
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean14.5
Ordnance · Laccadive Sea13.8
Missiles · South Atlantic Ocean13.6
Quakes · Arabian Sea13
Quakes · Gulf of Alaska13
Quakes · Indian Ocean13
Quakes · Java Sea13
Quakes · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin13
Quakes · Molukka Sea13
Quakes · Sea of Marmara13
Quakes · Solomon Sea13
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean13
Quakes · South China Sea13
Nav aids · Rio de La Plata12.8
Derelicts · Java Sea12.7
Ordnance · Gulf of Thailand12.5
Cable ops · English Channel12.2
Other · South Atlantic Ocean11.3
Derelicts · Ligurian Sea11.2
Nav aids · Arabian Sea11
Other · Ligurian Sea10.8
Incidents · Tasman Sea10.5
Mines · North Atlantic Ocean10.3
Incidents · Celebes Sea10.1
Incidents · Celtic Sea10.1
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean10
Incidents · Timor Sea10
War risk · Persian Gulf0105.5
Wrecks · English Channel093
Nav aids · Persian Gulf093
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin062
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean062
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean062
Mines · North Sealong running062
Structures · North Sea062
Wrecks · North Sealong running062
Nav aids · South China Sea062
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea062
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel057.4
Wrecks · Persian Gulf050.4
Wrecks · South China Sea050.4
Other · Malacca Strait049.4
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea043.4
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
War risk · Adriatic Sea031
Wrecks · Arabian Sea031
Wrecks · Bay of Bengal031
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea031
Derelicts · English Channel031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Ordnance · Greenland Sea031
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico031
Cable ops · Indian Ocean031
Nav aids · Ionian Sea031
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Nav aids · Malacca Strait031
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel031
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean031
Structures · Persian Gulf031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Nav aids · Solomon Sea031
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean031
Structures · South China Sea031
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean031
Exercises · Japan Sea030.7
Derelicts · Gulf of Guinea026.4
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin026.4
Other · Celtic Sea019.4
Other · Indian Ocean019.4
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin019.4
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia018
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean016.1
Surveys · Ligurian Sea015.2
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea012.4
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea08.9
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea05.7
Incidents · Persian Gulf05.4
Cable ops · Gulf of Oman01.4
Incidents · Arabian Sea01.3

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-08, 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, August 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards