Sea Ledger, October 1999

1999-10-01 to 1999-10-31 · archive

issued
308
warning-days in force
5,806
in force at month end
189
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 aids531,429.547
Incidents49520.219
Exercises36286.44
Cable ops35639.521
Surveys28257.28
Quakes2885.42
Ordnance1791629
Icebergs16112.14
Derelicts121656
Spills121607
Containers635.21
Missiles5622
Other433213
Wrecks4519.715
Volcanic166.63
Structures193.83
Debris11.71
War risk0311
Restricted0311
Mines0622

By sea and type · 177 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Surveys · North Sea1852.9
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1337.5
Exercises · Adriatic Sea1127.5
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean1116.4
Nav aids · North Sea935.4
Nav aids · English Channel860.1
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean851.6
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean7180.1
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean7110
Cable ops · North Sea786.8
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea749.3
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean614.7
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean5171.7
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean5141.6
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean562
Exercises · Japan Sea558
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean553
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin541.2
Ordnance · Japan Sea537.9
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean527.4
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean517.7
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean488.2
Exercises · Aegean Sea458.3
Icebergs · Southern Ocean431.3
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel411.4
Incidents · Philippine Sea47.2
Nav aids · Coral Sea3112
Incidents · South China Sea388.8
Incidents · Indian Ocean370.7
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal352.9
Spills · Gulf of Mexico347
Nav aids · Indian Ocean332.4
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean320
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean313.7
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean312.8
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland2137.7
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean268.7
Incidents · Arabian Sea248.2
Nav aids · Gulf of Oman244.2
Exercises · Black Sea226.4
Spills · Caribbean Sea224
Incidents · Tasman Sea220.5
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin220.3
Cable ops · North Pacific Ocean218.6
Incidents · Bay of Bengal216.6
Surveys · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland216.4
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean213.5
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean213.4
Incidents · North Sea211.6
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel210.8
Icebergs · Indian Ocean210.2
Cable ops · Persian Gulf27.3
Ordnance · Persian Gulf27.3
Quakes · South China Sea26
Exercises · Arabian Sea25.4
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin24
Ordnance · Adriatic Sea1771.6
Nav aids · Persian Gulf197.4
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean176.4
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running172.5
Wrecks · South China Sea171.6
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel162.2
Wrecks · Coral Sea159.4
Cable ops · Celtic Sea144
Other · South China Sea144
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin142.3
Nav aids · Malacca Strait137.7
Nav aids · Tasman Sea131.7
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea131
Incidents · Aegean Sea125.2
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea123.3
Surveys · Ligurian Sea123.2
Wrecks · Gulf of Thailand121
Cable ops · Black Sea120.8
Derelicts · Gulf of Mexico119.8
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean117.7
Ordnance · Coral Sea117.4
Spills · North Pacific Ocean114
Cable ops · Ionian Sea111.3
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin110.7
Spills · Gulf of Alaska19
Incidents · Laccadive Sea18.8
Incidents · Japan Sea17.9
Containers · English Channel17
Containers · Tasman Sea17
Containers · Indian Ocean16.9
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean16.8
Derelicts · Bay of Biscay16.6
Derelicts · Indian Ocean16.6
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean16.5
Cable ops · English Channel15.3
Exercises · South China Sea15.3
Exercises · Gulf of Mexico15.1
Volcanic · South Pacific Ocean14.6
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea13.8
Quakes · Bering Sea13.2
Other · Persian Gulf13.1
Quakes · Banda Sea13
Quakes · Bismarck Sea13
Quakes · Gulf of Alaska13
Quakes · Gulf of Tomini13
Structures · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin13
Quakes · Philippine Sea13
Quakes · Solomon Sea13
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean13
Derelicts · Bay of Bengal12.6
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean12
Derelicts · Philippine Sea11.9
Exercises · Ligurian Sea11.8
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean11.7
Exercises · Ionian Sea11.5
Nav aids · Timor Sea11.4
Wrecks · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland11
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean11
Containers · Celtic Sea10.8
Incidents · Arafura Sea10.5
Incidents · Persian Gulf10.2
Incidents · Bass Strait10
Other · North Sea093
Nav aids · Bering Sea064.2
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean062
Mines · North Sealong running062
Wrecks · North Sealong running062
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sealong running062
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico061.2
Nav aids · South China Sea045.4
Incidents · Coral Sea038.4
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean031.4
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean031.4
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea031
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
Surveys · Adriatic Sea031
War risk · Adriatic Sea031
Surveys · Aegean Sea031
Derelicts · Arabian Sea031
Wrecks · Arabian Sea031
Incidents · Bay of Biscay031
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Wrecks · English Channel031
Wrecks · Gulf of Mexico031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suezlong running031
Other · Makassar Strait031
Wrecks · Malacca Strait031
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Structures · Persian Gulflong running031
Wrecks · Persian Gulf031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Structures · South China Sea031
Exercises · Malacca Strait029.6
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel029.2
Structures · North Sea028.8
Wrecks · Bay of Bengal028.4
Nav aids · Japan Sea021.4
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean017.4
Other · South Atlantic Ocean014.8
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea014.4
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean013.6
Spills · Bering Sea013
Wrecks · Adriatic Sea010.9
Ordnance · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin010.6
Surveys · Philippine Sea010.2
Other · Malacca Strait07.4
Icebergs · Labrador Sea05.6
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean04.5
Cable ops · Arabian Sea04.2
Wrecks · Gulf of Oman03.4
Exercises · Sea of Okhotsk01.7
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin00.7
Incidents · Gulf of Guinea00.4
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel00.4
Incidents · Mozambique Channel00.4
Nav aids · Red Sea00.4
Nav aids · Solomon Sea00.4
Other · South Pacific Ocean00.4
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea00.2
Surveys · Malacca Strait00.2

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-10, 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, October 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards