Bering Sea
IHO sea area 55 · -180° to 180° E, 51° to 67° N
- in force
- 4
- last 12 months
- 19
- archive messages
- 626
- categories
- 15
What the archive shows
626 messages are recorded since 1979-11-08 for the Bering Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Spills accounts for 166 of 626 recorded messages (27%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2025-06-10 06:19ZIn the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
In force now · 4
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
Longest in force
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
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By category · available archive
| Spills | 166 | 27% |
| Exercises | 162 | 26% |
| Quakes | 127 | 20% |
| Nav aids | 54 | 9% |
| Other | 40 | 6% |
| Surveys | 27 | 4% |
| Incidents | 26 | 4% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 1% |
| Derelicts | 6 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 0% |
| Debris | 2 | 0% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 0% |
| Mines | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 622 cancelled
- NOAAORR-9451 · Spills2017-03-06 → 2017-03-20Pumicestone bay, alaska
- NOAAORR-9436 · Spills2017-02-13 → 2017-02-27On february 13, 2017, the uscg msd dutch harbor sent notification of a grounded 80-foot fishing vessel…
- HYDROPAC 512/17 · Incidents2017-02-12 → 2017-02-16Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 98 foot F/V destination, blue hull, six persons on board, in…
- HYDROPAC 506/17 · Incidents2017-02-11 → 2017-02-12Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 98 foot F/V destination, blue hull, in 56-37.3N 169-57.8W
- NOAAORR-9433 · Spills2017-02-11 → 2017-02-25George island, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 58/17 · Exercises2017-02-05 → 2017-02-07Gunnery exercises 062100Z to 070100Z feb in area within five miles of 55-06N 168-10W
- NOAAORR-9429 · Spills2017-02-02 → 2017-02-16Bering sea, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 8/17 · Exercises2017-01-06 → 2017-01-07Hazardous operations
- NOAAORR-9410 · Spills2016-12-07 → 2016-12-21On december 7, 2016, noaa was notified of a sinking vessel 4 miles off priest rock, outside of dutch harbor,…
- NAVAREA XII 458/16 · Exercises2016-12-06 → 2016-12-08Hazardous operations
- HYDROPAC 3648/16 · Incidents2016-11-26 → 2016-11-26Distress signal received from M/V georgia t in 54-06N 174-55E
- NOAAORR-9395 · Spills2016-11-17 → 2016-12-01On 16-Nov-2016, a jack-up barge broke from its moorings in heavy weather
- NAVAREA XII 405/16 · Exercises2016-11-05 → 2016-11-05Gunnery exercises 052000Z to 052300Z nov within five miles of 55-06N 168-10W
- NAVAREA XII 370/16 · Exercises2016-10-14 → 2016-10-15Hazardous operations
- NOAAORR-9368 · Spills2016-09-27 → 2016-10-11On september 25, 2016, one of the noaa pmel wave gliders stopped transmitting
- NAVAREA XII 340/16 · Other2016-09-19 → 2016-09-19Pyrotechnics exercises 191630Z to 191900Z sep within five miles of 54-48.8N 166-57.8W
- NAVAREA XII 320/16 · Exercises2016-09-08 → 2016-09-09Gunnery exercises 082100Z to 090001Z sep within 11 miles of 55-35N 168-47W
- NAVAREA XII 319/16 · Cable ops2016-09-07 → 2016-09-10Underwater operations 080400Z to 130001Z sep by cableship ile de brehat within one mile of 64-55.7N 168-58.5W
- NAVAREA XII 311/16 · Other2016-09-06 → 2016-09-07Pyrotechnics exercises 070100Z to 070759Z sep in 56-28.65N 169-43.10W
- USGS-US10006KPQ · Quakes2016-09-05 → 2016-09-08Earthquake magnitude 6.1 (mww) in 54.415N 168.542E, depth 8 km at 052254Z sep 16
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.