Sea Ledger, September 1999

1999-09-01 to 1999-09-30 · archive

issued
319
warning-days in force
5,867
in force at month end
196
sea × type cells
168

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 aids601,766.255
Exercises47265.813
Incidents43462.115
Quakes3394.33
Surveys322697
Cable ops28476.519
Icebergs22134.85
Missiles1590.92
Wrecks11514.218
Other6471.714
Derelicts649.12
Spills6704
Ordnance4857.329
Containers427.50
Mines170.52
Debris17.20
War risk0301
Structures01204
Restricted0301
Volcanic0602

By sea and type · 168 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean1456.4
Exercises · Adriatic Sea1131.1
Nav aids · North Sea951.1
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean938.9
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel932.3
Surveys · North Sea913.5
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean8239.8
Icebergs · Southern Ocean853.6
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean848.7
Quakes · Philippine Sea824
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean771
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean718.3
Cable ops · Celtic Sea665.8
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean620.3
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel570.5
Exercises · Aegean Sea570.3
Surveys · Celtic Sea518.7
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean511.1
Incidents · Indian Ocean4104.4
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea496.4
Nav aids · English Channel464.1
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean455.4
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean432.3
Icebergs · Labrador Sea419.1
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean410.2
Nav aids · Celtic Sea42.7
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean3165.1
Nav aids · Persian Gulf3102.8
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea374.2
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean368.1
Cable ops · North Sea354.9
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean350.1
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea348
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean342.2
Surveys · Gulf of Aqaba335.8
Spills · Gulf of Mexico334
Incidents · Coral Sea333.8
Nav aids · Tasman Sea331.8
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea319.7
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean314.8
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin314.6
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin310.9
Incidents · Philippine Sea31.6
Nav aids · Coral Sea2153.3
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland2127.5
Other · North Sea2113.6
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean280.9
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel270.2
Other · South Atlantic Ocean241.3
Wrecks · Adriatic Sea224.1
Incidents · South China Sea221.9
Cable ops · Arabian Sea213.5
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean213.4
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean213.4
Cable ops · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland29.5
Quakes · Bismarck Sea26
Quakes · Coral Sea26
Quakes · Southern Ocean26
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin25.8
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin25.1
Derelicts · Philippine Sea24.6
Missiles · Black Sea24.2
Exercises · Ligurian Sea22.8
Incidents · Arafura Sea21.8
Ordnance · Adriatic Sea1785.6
Surveys · Adriatic Sea168
Wrecks · South China Sea150.2
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico147.3
Exercises · Black Sea139.5
Nav aids · Indian Ocean139.4
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean139.4
Nav aids · Red Sea134
Nav aids · Malacca Strait130.8
Incidents · Arabian Sea123.4
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin123.2
Wrecks · Malacca Strait122.4
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea121.2
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean121
Wrecks · Gulf of Mexico120.2
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel116.4
Ordnance · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin115.9
Surveys · Malacca Strait115.8
Spills · North Pacific Ocean114
Nav aids · Singapore Strait113.6
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin110.8
Mines · North Atlantic Ocean110.5
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean19.7
Debris · Indian Ocean17.2
Containers · Philippine Sea17.2
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean17
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean17
Containers · South Pacific Ocean16.9
Derelicts · Coral Sea16.8
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea16.5
Wrecks · Coral Sea16
Ordnance · Persian Gulf15.2
Exercises · Japan Sea14.6
Exercises · Malacca Strait14.6
Exercises · Sea of Okhotsk14.6
Missiles · South Atlantic Ocean14.6
Exercises · Ionian Sea13.9
Incidents · Bay of Biscay13.6
Nav aids · Rio de La Plata13.1
Quakes · Aegean Sea13
Surveys · Aegean Sea13
Quakes · Celebes Sea13
Quakes · Molukka Sea13
Quakes · Sea of Marmara13
Quakes · Sea of Okhotsk13
Quakes · Solomon Sea13
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean13
Derelicts · Arabian Sea12.9
Quakes · Bering Sea12.8
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea12.4
Other · Great Australian Bight11.3
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean11.3
Spills · Bering Sea11
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin10.5
Incidents · Mozambique Channel10.5
Nav aids · Bering Sea090
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running090
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean060
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean060
Mines · North Sealong running060
Structures · North Sea060
Wrecks · North Sealong running060
Nav aids · South China Sea060
Other · South Pacific Ocean053.4
Wrecks · English Channel051
Nav aids · Gulf of Suezlong running048.8
Other · South China Sea040.6
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea030
Other · Adriatic Sealong running030
War risk · Adriatic Sea030
Wrecks · Arabian Sea030
Wrecks · Bay of Bengal030
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea030
Ordnance · English Channellong running030
Incidents · Gulf of Guinea030
Wrecks · Gulf of Oman030
Nav aids · Japan Sea030
Other · Makassar Strait030
Other · Malacca Strait030
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin030
Cable ops · Mozambique Channellong running030
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running030
Incidents · North Sea030
Structures · Persian Gulflong running030
Wrecks · Persian Gulf030
Surveys · Philippine Sea030
Other · Red Sealong running030
Nav aids · Solomon Sea030
Structures · South China Sea030
Nav aids · Ionian Sea023.4
Cable ops · Black Sea016.4
Ordnance · Greenland Sea016.4
Incidents · Gulf of Aden016.4
Cable ops · Indian Ocean016.3
Derelicts · English Channel09.4
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean09.4
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean06.2
Cable ops · Tasman Sea05.3
Derelicts · Indian Ocean05.2
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean02.9
Other · Japan Sea00.5
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin00.2
Surveys · North Pacific Ocean00.2
Quakes · Arabian Sea00

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-09, 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, September 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards