Sea Ledger, August 2026

2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31 · partial

issued
477
warning-days in force
20,437
in force at month end
438
sea × type cells
259

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
Exercises1051,735.344
Surveys773,528.668
Missiles62746.810
Nav aids587,800179
Quakes46154.12
Cable ops281,840.433
Icebergs27110.83
Spills17302.310
Other15962.121
Wrecks121,920.838
Derelicts12220.54
Debris11102.72
Storms267.81
Piracy22.30
Containers20.80
Restricted1107.23
Mines01866
Towing044.50
Structures044.81
War risk0622
Volcanic0455.511
Ordnance041.30

By sea and type · 200 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Surveys · South Atlantic Oceanlong running34559.9
Exercises · North Pacific Oceanlong running24525.4
Exercises · Arabian Sea21152.6
Missiles · North Pacific Oceanlong running16192.4
Missiles · South Pacific Oceanlong running14147.1
Quakes · Flores Sea1439.7
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean1133
Nav aids · North Sealong running10329.7
Exercises · Bay of Bengal10174.5
Surveys · Indian Oceanlong running9451.1
Surveys · North Atlantic Oceanlong running8594.6
Missiles · Indian Ocean8123.1
Spills · North Pacific Ocean8108
Exercises · Philippine Sea883.1
Exercises · North Atlantic Oceanlong running874.8
Debris · Black Sea818.8
Nav aids · South Atlantic Oceanlong running7754.5
Icebergs · Southern Ocean741.2
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean724
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running6925.1
Cable ops · North Atlantic Oceanlong running6420.6
Missiles · North Atlantic Oceanlong running6126.7
Missiles · Barentsz Sea640.3
Icebergs · Labrador Sealong running635.1
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean620
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running5536.6
Surveys · Black Sealong running5259.3
Cable ops · North Pacific Oceanlong running5126.4
Surveys · Norwegian Sealong running563.3
Spills · Gulf of Mexico559
Exercises · Laccadive Sea557.9
Wrecks · Kara Sealong running544.7
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotlandlong running470.4
Nav aids · Coral Sealong running461.6
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean426.3
Exercises · Sea of Okhotsk421.6
Exercises · South China Sea418.2
Other · Persian Gulflong running3144.1
Nav aids · Philippine Sealong running3110
Exercises · Black Sealong running398.6
Exercises · South Atlantic Oceanlong running386.5
Surveys · North Sea358.8
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean337.6
Exercises · Andaman or Burma Sea323
Missiles · South Atlantic Ocean317.7
Quakes · Southern Ocean39.9
Icebergs · Laptev Sea38.8
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean33.4
Icebergs · Davis Strait31.7
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running2399.1
Wrecks · North Atlantic Oceanlong running2244.1
Nav aids · Indian Oceanlong running2163
Surveys · Persian Gulflong running2153.2
Cable ops · South Atlantic Oceanlong running295.4
Nav aids · Celtic Sea293.4
Surveys · Gulf of Mexicolong running280.8
Surveys · Caribbean Sealong running272.6
Cable ops · Indian Oceanlong running264.2
Storms · Philippine Sea251.8
Cable ops · North Sea244.9
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia233
Surveys · Gulf of Guinea229.3
Other · Arabian Sea218.3
Derelicts · Caribbean Sea218
Exercises · Red Sea212.2
Missiles · Japan Sea211.3
Missiles · Sea of Okhotsk210.7
Wrecks · Java Sea28.5
Exercises · Coral Sea27.3
Quakes · Banda Sea26
Quakes · Celebes Sea26
Quakes · Indian Ocean26
Cable ops · Chukchi Sea21.8
Other · Arafura Sea20.3
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running11,921.1
Nav aids · Gulf of Mexicolong running1324.9
Wrecks · Arabian Sealong running1222.4
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running1206.8
Wrecks · South Atlantic Oceanlong running1188.4
Nav aids · Arabian Sealong running1166.9
Surveys · Timor Sealong running1147
Nav aids · Beaufort Sealong running1144.1
Nav aids · English Channellong running1118.1
Other · Indian Oceanlong running1107
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running1105.9
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channellong running1102.9
Cable ops · South China Sealong running1101.8
Cable ops · Persian Gulflong running195.6
Nav aids · Andaman or Burma Sealong running181.8
Other · Caribbean Sealong running176.9
Nav aids · Hudson Straitlong running176.7
Surveys · Bering Sealong running168
Nav aids · Laccadive Sealong running168
Debris · North Pacific Oceanlong running162.4
Wrecks · Laccadive Sealong running150.3
Other · Black Sealong running148.3
Other · North Sealong running144.2
Exercises · Tasman Sea141.7
Surveys · Bass Straitlong running141.2
Surveys · South China Sealong running139.6
Nav aids · Tasman Sea137.1
Nav aids · Bass Strait132
Cable ops · Norwegian Sea131
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea130
Derelicts · Arafura Sea128.9
Spills · North Atlantic Oceanlong running126.8
Cable ops · Timor Sea126.6
Cable ops · Laptev Sea126.5
Other · Coral Sea121.1
Derelicts · Persian Gulf119.9
Missiles · Southern Ocean118.5
Exercises · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel117.9
Missiles · Laccadive Sea117.2
Quakes · Coral Sea116.8
Other · Bass Strait114.9
Surveys · Great Australian Bight114.7
Missiles · Sulu Sea110.1
Spills · Gulf of Alaska18
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean17.7
Quakes · Philippine Sea14.7
Exercises · Baltic Sea14.3
Exercises · Indian Ocean13.4
Quakes · Bismarck Sea13
Quakes · Gulf of Aden13
Quakes · Gulf of Tomini13
Quakes · Molukka Sea13
Piracy · Indian Ocean12.2
Nav aids · Ionian Sea11.9
Other · South China Sea11.9
Derelicts · Mozambique Channel11.2
Containers · Black Sea10.8
Cable ops · Japan Sea10.8
Missiles · Philippine Sea10.5
Restricted · South Atlantic Ocean10.4
Cable ops · Sea of Marmara10.3
Exercises · Greenland Sea10.2
Missiles · White Sea10.2
Piracy · Arabian Sea10.1
Containers · Arabian Sea10
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico10
Debris · Gulf of Oman10
Icebergs · Kara Sea10
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running0366
Cable ops · Arabian Sea0240
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running0210
Wrecks · Caribbean Sealong running0179
Wrecks · The Northwestern Passageslong running0175.5
Mines · Black Sealong running0155
Wrecks · South China Sealong running0155
Nav aids · Bering Sealong running0134.3
Surveys · Coral Sea0101.6
Surveys · Arabian Sea0100.7
Nav aids · South China Sealong running099.8
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight098.7
Surveys · The Northwestern Passages096.3
Surveys · Sea of Okhotsk093
Nav aids · Gulf of Alaskalong running089.5
Volcanic · North Pacific Oceanlong running089.5
Surveys · Kara Sealong running086.3
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal078
Cable ops · Tasman Sea078
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running075.8
Surveys · Arctic Oceanlong running072.3
Surveys · South Pacific Ocean068.8
Cable ops · South Pacific Oceanlong running063
Exercises · Aegean Sea062
Cable ops · Black Sea062
War risk · Black Sealong running062
Wrecks · Gulf of Guinea062
Nav aids · Gulf of Omanlong running062
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin062
Restricted · Persian Gulflong running062
Nav aids · Sea of Okhotsklong running062
Nav aids · Singapore Strait062
Other · South Atlantic Ocean062
Cable ops · Sulu Sealong running062
Cable ops · Celtic Sea061.8
Exercises · Japan Sea061.7
Wrecks · North Pacific Oceanlong running060.8
Spills · Caribbean Sealong running058.5
Other · Great Australian Bight051
Exercises · Gulf of California048
Nav aids · Hudson Baylong running047
Exercises · Caribbean Sealong running044.8
Wrecks · Gulf of Mexicolong running044.8
Nav aids · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbialong running044.8
Other · North Pacific Ocean043.5
Cable ops · Philippine Sea043.5
Nav aids · Bay of Biscay041.3
Ordnance · Bay of Biscay041.3
Wrecks · South Pacific Ocean041.3
Surveys · Bay of Biscay032
Other · Adriatic Sea031
Missiles · Aegean Sea031
Derelicts · Arabian Sea031
Cable ops · Bering Sea031
Nav aids · Black Sealong running031
Other · Celtic Sea031
Other · Davis Strait031
Wrecks · Eastern China Sealong running031

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2026-08, 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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