Sea Ledger, December 2024

2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · gap

issued
65
warning-days in force
17,780
in force at month end
575
sea × type cells
174

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
Quakes37140.84
Spills13327.46
Surveys73,348.1111
Nav aids46,358.5207
Wrecks21,981.265
Exercises11,705.355
Derelicts1105.54
Other068222
Mines01555
Cable ops01,42646
Missiles052717
Restricted0311
Icebergs0622
Incidents0933
Towing0622
Debris0311
War risk0622
Storms0311
Structures0311
Volcanic052717
Ordnance0933

By sea and type · 174 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean1339
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1027.5
Spills · Gulf of Mexico8117
Quakes · Coral Sealong running340
Surveys · Arabian Sea2403.1
Surveys · Indian Oceanlong running2389.4
Quakes · Sea of Okhotsk26
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean26
Quakes · South China Sea24.9
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running11,322.4
Wrecks · Arabian Sealong running1256.6
Surveys · Bay of Bengal1183.5
Surveys · Arctic Oceanlong running1107.6
Spills · Caribbean Sea189.4
Nav aids · Arafura Sea187.6
Spills · North Atlantic Oceanlong running166
Surveys · Black Sea163.5
Wrecks · Laccadive Sealong running150.6
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight141.1
Nav aids · Gulf of Oman140.4
Exercises · Laccadive Sea131.6
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia118
Spills · Black Sea114
Spills · Gulf of Alaska114
Derelicts · Red Sea112.5
Quakes · Banda Sea13
Quakes · Caribbean Sea13
Quakes · Celebes Sea13
Quakes · Indian Ocean13
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean13
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running0744
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean0496
Nav aids · South Atlantic Oceanlong running0496
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running0465
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running0434
Nav aids · Gulf of Mexicolong running0341
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean0341
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running0310
Surveys · South Atlantic Oceanlong running0279
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running0248
Cable ops · Arabian Sea0217
Nav aids · Coral Sea0217
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean0217
Nav aids · South China Sealong running0217
Surveys · South Pacific Ocean0217
Surveys · The Northwestern Passageslong running0217
Nav aids · Arabian Sealong running0186
Exercises · Bay of Bengal0186
Nav aids · Celtic Sealong running0186
Wrecks · North Atlantic Oceanlong running0186
Cable ops · Persian Gulflong running0186
Wrecks · South Atlantic Oceanlong running0186
Exercises · South China Sea0186
Wrecks · The Northwestern Passageslong running0186
Surveys · Timor Sea0186
Nav aids · Andaman or Burma Sealong running0155
Mines · Black Sealong running0155
Wrecks · Caribbean Sealong running0155
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channellong running0155
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean0155
Surveys · Persian Gulflong running0155
Cable ops · Philippine Sea0155
Missiles · South Pacific Ocean0155
Exercises · Black Sealong running0124
Other · Caribbean Sealong running0124
Cable ops · Celtic Sea0124
Nav aids · English Channellong running0124
Nav aids · Indian Oceanlong running0124
Wrecks · South China Sealong running0124
Exercises · Sulu Sea0124
Nav aids · Bay of Biscaylong running093
Ordnance · Bay of Biscaylong running093
Nav aids · Beaufort Sealong running093
Nav aids · Bering Sealong running093
Exercises · Gulf of California093
Nav aids · Hudson Straitlong running093
Missiles · Indian Ocean093
Nav aids · Laccadive Sealong running093
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean093
Other · North Atlantic Ocean093
Missiles · North Pacific Oceanlong running093
Nav aids · Philippine Sealong running093
Surveys · Sea of Okhotsk093
Wrecks · South Pacific Oceanlong running093
Exercises · Aegean Sea092.7
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal062
Wrecks · Bay of Bengallong running062
Other · Bay of Biscaylong running062
Surveys · Bay of Biscay062
War risk · Black Sealong running062
Surveys · Caribbean Sea062
Exercises · Celebes Sea062
Surveys · Chukchi Sealong running062
Wrecks · Coral Sealong running062
Nav aids · Gulf of Alaska062
Surveys · Gulf of Mexico062
Cable ops · Indian Ocean062
Other · Indian Ocean062
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel062
Surveys · Kara Sealong running062
Wrecks · Kara Sealong running062
Surveys · Laccadive Sealong running062
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running062
Cable ops · North Pacific Ocean062
Other · North Pacific Ocean062
Towing · North Pacific Ocean062
Volcanic · North Pacific Oceanlong running062
Wrecks · North Pacific Oceanlong running062
Nav aids · North Sea062
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running062
Other · Persian Gulflong running062
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean062
Cable ops · South China Sea062
Incidents · South China Sea062
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean062
Cable ops · Sulu Sea062
Nav aids · Tasman Sea062
Missiles · Aegean Sea031
Exercises · Andaman or Burma Sea031
Exercises · Arabian Sea031
Other · Arabian Sea031
Wrecks · Arafura Sea031
Nav aids · Arctic Oceanlong running031
Derelicts · Bass Strait031
Surveys · Bass Strait031
Other · Bay of Bengallong running031
Debris · Bay of Biscaylong running031
Wrecks · Bay of Biscay031
Other · Beaufort Sea031
Surveys · Beaufort Sealong running031
Nav aids · Black Sea031
Other · Black Sea031
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea031
Derelicts · Caribbean Sea031
Exercises · Caribbean Sealong running031
Surveys · Celtic Sea031
Wrecks · Eastern China Sealong running031
Wrecks · English Channel031
Nav aids · Gulf of Californialong running031
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea031
Exercises · Gulf of Mexico031
Storms · Gulf of Mexico031
Wrecks · Gulf of Mexicolong running031
Wrecks · Gulf of Suez031
Nav aids · Hudson Bay031
Wrecks · Hudson Baylong running031
Restricted · Indian Ocean031
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland031
Exercises · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel031
Cable ops · Java Sealong running031
Surveys · Java Sea031
Icebergs · Labrador Sea031
Incidents · Laccadive Sea031
Cable ops · Ligurian Sealong running031
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin031
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin031
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin031
Structures · Mozambique Channellong running031
Derelicts · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Other · North Sea031
Surveys · Norwegian Sea031
Exercises · South Atlantic Ocean031
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean031
Surveys · South China Sea031
Exercises · Tasman Sea031
Surveys · Tasman Sea031
Nav aids · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbialong running031
Nav aids · The Northwestern Passageslong running031
Nav aids · Timor Sea031
Spills · Gulf of St. Lawrence09
Quakes · Eastern China Sea02.4

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2024-12, 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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