Sea Ledger, May 2024

2024-05-01 to 2024-05-31 · partial

issued
260
warning-days in force
13,378
in force at month end
400
sea × type cells
212

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so this period is under-counted.

baseline: same month, previous 5 years — not available for this month (needs three fully collected reference months)

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Exercises42755.410
Quakes33124.15
Icebergs3133.90
Surveys242,394.669
Nav aids215,110166
Incidents18810
Spills1730510
Other16795.630
Missiles16256.24
Cable ops1692923
Towing1062.32
Derelicts983.72
Wrecks51,637.855
Debris138.21
Piracy14.60
Mines01244
Restricted084.61
War risk0622
Structures0311
Volcanic037212
Ordnance0933

By sea and type · 200 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean1110.7
Towing · North Pacific Ocean1062.3
Icebergs · Southern Ocean1010.6
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean9199.1
Icebergs · Labrador Sea911.6
Other · Gulf of Mexico8123.7
Exercises · Bay of Bengal783.5
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean742.9
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean718.3
Spills · North Atlantic Oceanlong running6110
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean643.6
Spills · Gulf of Mexico552
Exercises · Arabian Sea536.7
Surveys · Arabian Sea4250.7
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean4228.3
Other · Caribbean Sealong running4144.8
Cable ops · Celtic Sea481.5
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia456
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean412
Quakes · Philippine Sea411.3
Derelicts · Coral Sea49.6
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running3407.4
Cable ops · Philippine Sea361.2
Exercises · Red Sea317.6
Quakes · Solomon Sea39
Quakes · Indian Ocean36.3
Incidents · Coral Sea30.5
Nav aids · South Atlantic Oceanlong running21,197.2
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running21,060.2
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean2195.8
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean2144.7
Nav aids · Andaman or Burma Sealong running2100
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean291.9
Missiles · Indian Ocean281.4
Cable ops · Arabian Sea276.9
Nav aids · North Sea272
Surveys · Timor Sea266
Cable ops · Indian Ocean262
Nav aids · Arafura Sea248.3
Quakes · Coral Sea237
Missiles · South Pacific Ocean229.4
Exercises · South China Sea226.2
Spills · North Pacific Ocean225
Surveys · Bass Strait221.7
Exercises · Sulu Sea218.2
Exercises · Andaman or Burma Sea210.9
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean29.4
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean28.8
Incidents · South China Sea27.7
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean26.2
Quakes · Bismarck Sea26
Quakes · Ceram Sea26
Incidents · Gulf of Mexico25.7
Derelicts · Indian Ocean23.3
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running1341
Surveys · Indian Oceanlong running1232.8
Surveys · South Pacific Ocean1215.1
Nav aids · English Channel1124
Surveys · Persian Gulflong running1118.3
Nav aids · Bay of Biscaylong running1109.1
Nav aids · Indian Ocean192.7
Surveys · Laccadive Sealong running188.9
Wrecks · South Pacific Oceanlong running184.8
Surveys · Bay of Bengal179.5
Exercises · Black Sealong running176.1
Surveys · Gulf of Mexico169.1
Nav aids · Arabian Sealong running165.6
Other · North Atlantic Ocean164.7
Other · North Pacific Ocean162
Surveys · Caribbean Sea144.9
Missiles · North Pacific Oceanlong running144.9
Other · Black Sea139.6
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean134
Nav aids · Philippine Sea131.5
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel131
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea129.5
Cable ops · Bay of Bengal129.1
Nav aids · Tasman Sea125.7
Surveys · South China Sea124.5
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean124.4
Nav aids · Coral Sea122.9
Surveys · Philippine Sea118.5
Exercises · Gulf of Mexico115.5
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea114.5
Exercises · Philippine Sea17.9
Exercises · Barentsz Sea16
Missiles · Norwegian Sea15.9
Incidents · Bay of Bengal15.8
Missiles · Arabian Sea15.4
Missiles · Barentsz Sea15
Missiles · Bay of Bengal14.8
Missiles · South China Sea14.8
Wrecks · Bay of Biscay13.5
Surveys · Great Australian Bight13.1
Quakes · Arabian Sea13
Quakes · Arctic Ocean13
Quakes · Celebes Sea13
Piracy · Gulf of Aden13
Debris · Indian Ocean13
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean13
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean13
Other · Andaman or Burma Sea12.5
Incidents · Indian Ocean11.8
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean11.8
Icebergs · Barentsz Sea11
Incidents · Laccadive Sea10.8
Exercises · Celtic Sea10.7
Incidents · Arafura Sea10.2
Incidents · Celtic Sea10.2
Incidents · Tasman Sea10.2
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running0310
Nav aids · Gulf of Mexicolong running0254.7
Wrecks · Arabian Sealong running0248
Surveys · The Northwestern Passageslong running0217
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running0190.8
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running0186
Nav aids · South China Sea0186
Wrecks · The Northwestern Passageslong running0186
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean0155
Cable ops · Persian Gulflong running0132.7
Mines · Black Sealong running0124
Wrecks · Caribbean Sealong running0124
Exercises · Aegean Sea093
Surveys · Arctic Ocean093
Ordnance · Bay of Biscay093
Nav aids · Beaufort Sealong running093
Nav aids · Bering Sealong running093
Nav aids · Celtic Sea093
Wrecks · South China Sealong running093
Wrecks · Bay of Bengal062
Other · Bay of Biscaylong running062
War risk · Black Sealong running062
Spills · Caribbean Sea062
Surveys · Chukchi Sea062
Wrecks · Coral Sealong running062
Nav aids · Gulf of Alaska062
Nav aids · Hudson Strait062
Other · Indian Ocean062
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel062
Surveys · Kara Sealong running062
Wrecks · Kara Sea062
Nav aids · Laccadive Sea062
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin062
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean062
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running062
Other · Persian Gulflong running062
Cable ops · Sulu Sea062
Surveys · Black Sea039
Cable ops · North Pacific Ocean035
Wrecks · Laccadive Sealong running031.6
Missiles · Aegean Sea031
Wrecks · Arafura Sea031
Nav aids · Arctic Ocean031
Derelicts · Bass Strait031
Other · Bay of Bengal031
Debris · Bay of Biscaylong running031
Other · Beaufort Sea031
Surveys · Beaufort Sea031
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea031
Exercises · Caribbean Sea031
Wrecks · Eastern China Sea031
Wrecks · English Channel031
Nav aids · Gulf of Californialong running031
Wrecks · Gulf of Mexicolong running031
Nav aids · Gulf of Oman031
Wrecks · Gulf of Suez031
Wrecks · Hudson Bay031
Restricted · Indian Ocean031
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Cable ops · Java Sea031
Cable ops · Ligurian Sea031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin031
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin031
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin031
Structures · Mozambique Channellong running031
Wrecks · North Pacific Oceanlong running031
Surveys · Norwegian Sea031
Cable ops · South China Sea031
Surveys · Tasman Sea031
Nav aids · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbialong running031
Nav aids · The Northwestern Passages031
Exercises · Laccadive Sea030.6
Exercises · Japan Sea030.4
Exercises · Sea of Okhotsk029.1
Restricted · Sea of Okhotsk029.1
Surveys · North Sea025
Restricted · North Pacific Ocean024.5
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean024.5
Other · South Atlantic Ocean023.8
Other · Norwegian Sea020.1
Surveys · Gulf of Guinea015
Cable ops · Singapore Strait010
Cable ops · Laccadive Sea05.4
Cable ops · Andaman or Burma Sea05
Surveys · Sulu Sea05
Incidents · Caribbean Sea04.7
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight04.3
Other · Coral Sea03.4

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2024-05, 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.

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