Sea Ledger, September 2024

2024-09-01 to 2024-09-30 · gap

issued
137
warning-days in force
14,210
in force at month end
533
sea × type cells
171

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
Nav aids265,838.9202
Exercises2540135
Quakes2296.12
Surveys192,387.490
Cable ops151,184.549
Spills122648
Missiles5271.413
Volcanic4407.616
Other3956.934
Wrecks21,805.261
Incidents2563
Mines1120.45
Storms111
Restricted0301
Derelicts0903
Towing0602
Debris0301
Icebergs0301
War risk0602
Structures0301
Ordnance0903

By sea and type · 171 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Nav aids · South Atlantic Oceanlong running5773.1
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean513.7
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running4680.3
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running4347.6
Spills · Gulf of Mexico448
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean423.7
Exercises · Bay of Bengal412.2
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean412
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running31,211.7
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean3165.7
Cable ops · South China Sea396.4
Spills · North Atlantic Oceanlong running364
Spills · North Pacific Ocean351
Exercises · Philippine Sea317.5
Exercises · Arabian Sea310
Quakes · Bismarck Sea39
Quakes · Philippine Sea39
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running2411.9
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean2373.3
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean2311.5
Surveys · Indian Oceanlong running2275.7
Nav aids · Celtic Sealong running2174.7
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel278.4
Exercises · Black Sealong running265.9
Surveys · Laccadive Sealong running261.6
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean246.4
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal245
Surveys · Arabian Sea234
Incidents · South China Sea226
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight224
Cable ops · Arabian Sea221.3
Cable ops · North Pacific Ocean219.6
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean21.2
Other · Caribbean Sealong running1216.6
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running1194.3
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean1170.9
Surveys · South Atlantic Oceanlong running1163.3
Surveys · South Pacific Ocean1151.1
Mines · Black Sealong running1120.4
Cable ops · Celtic Sea199.2
Surveys · Timor Sea195.9
Surveys · Caribbean Sea195.2
Cable ops · Philippine Sea190.3
Surveys · Sea of Okhotsk183.6
Other · North Atlantic Ocean179.9
Nav aids · Laccadive Sealong running164.2
Cable ops · Indian Ocean163.8
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean163.1
Surveys · Gulf of Mexico157.6
Surveys · Bay of Bengal149.6
Missiles · Indian Ocean141.4
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel134.6
Quakes · Coral Sea133
Nav aids · Coral Sea132.7
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin128
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia122
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland118.4
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean116
Nav aids · Black Sea114.5
Spills · Bering Sea114
Surveys · Mozambique Channel110.6
Exercises · South China Sea17.4
Exercises · Sea of Okhotsk16.1
Exercises · Japan Sea15.6
Exercises · Coral Sea14.7
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean14.4
Missiles · Arabian Sea14.3
Surveys · Great Australian Bight13.3
Exercises · Red Sea13.3
Quakes · Celebes Sea13
Quakes · Gulf of Tomini13
Quakes · Indian Ocean13
Quakes · Solomon Sea13
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean13
Storms · Gulf of Mexico11
Other · North Sea10.4
Exercises · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel10.3
Nav aids · Gulf of Mexicolong running0330
Other · Gulf of Mexico0270
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running0270
Wrecks · Arabian Sealong running0240
Nav aids · South China Sea0210
Surveys · The Northwestern Passageslong running0210
Nav aids · Arabian Sealong running0180
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean0180
Cable ops · Persian Gulflong running0180
Wrecks · The Northwestern Passageslong running0180
Nav aids · Andaman or Burma Sealong running0150
Wrecks · Caribbean Sealong running0150
Nav aids · Bering Sealong running0120
Nav aids · English Channel0120
Surveys · Persian Gulflong running0120
Exercises · Aegean Sea090
Surveys · Arctic Ocean090
Nav aids · Bay of Biscaylong running090
Ordnance · Bay of Biscaylong running090
Nav aids · Beaufort Sealong running090
Nav aids · Gulf of Alaska090
Nav aids · Hudson Straitlong running090
Nav aids · Indian Oceanlong running090
Wrecks · South China Sealong running090
Wrecks · South Pacific Oceanlong running090
Nav aids · Arafura Sea060
Wrecks · Bay of Bengallong running060
Other · Bay of Biscaylong running060
Surveys · Bay of Biscay060
Surveys · Black Sea060
War risk · Black Sealong running060
Spills · Caribbean Sea060
Surveys · Chukchi Sealong running060
Wrecks · Coral Sealong running060
Exercises · Gulf of Mexico060
Other · Indian Ocean060
Surveys · Kara Sealong running060
Wrecks · Kara Sea060
Other · North Pacific Ocean060
Towing · North Pacific Ocean060
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean060
Wrecks · North Pacific Oceanlong running060
Nav aids · North Sea060
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running060
Other · Persian Gulflong running060
Cable ops · Sulu Sea060
Nav aids · Tasman Sea060
Missiles · Aegean Sea030
Wrecks · Arafura Sea030
Nav aids · Arctic Ocean030
Derelicts · Bass Strait030
Surveys · Bass Strait030
Other · Bay of Bengallong running030
Debris · Bay of Biscaylong running030
Wrecks · Bay of Biscay030
Other · Beaufort Sea030
Surveys · Beaufort Sealong running030
Other · Black Sea030
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea030
Derelicts · Caribbean Sea030
Exercises · Caribbean Sealong running030
Surveys · Celtic Sea030
Wrecks · Eastern China Sealong running030
Wrecks · English Channel030
Nav aids · Gulf of Californialong running030
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea030
Wrecks · Gulf of Mexicolong running030
Nav aids · Gulf of Oman030
Wrecks · Gulf of Suez030
Nav aids · Hudson Bay030
Wrecks · Hudson Baylong running030
Restricted · Indian Ocean030
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel030
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel030
Cable ops · Java Sea030
Icebergs · Labrador Sea030
Wrecks · Laccadive Sealong running030
Cable ops · Ligurian Sea030
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running030
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin030
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin030
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin030
Structures · Mozambique Channellong running030
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean030
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean030
Missiles · North Pacific Oceanlong running030
Surveys · Norwegian Sea030
Nav aids · Philippine Sea030
Surveys · South China Sea030
Surveys · Tasman Sea030
Nav aids · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbialong running030
Nav aids · The Northwestern Passages030
Cable ops · Timor Sea030
Spills · Red Sea05

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2024-09, 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.

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