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
- USGS-US7000PPGA · Quakes2025-04-02 → 2025-04-0546 km nnw of attu station, alaska
- NOAAORR-10911 · Spills2025-02-07 → 2025-02-21Nome, ak 99762, USA
- NOAAORR-10895 · Spills2025-01-08 → 2025-01-22Adak, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10861 · Spills2024-10-12 → 2024-10-26Dutch harbor, unalaska bay, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10853 · Spills2024-09-17 → 2024-10-01Waste oil tank on eroded banks of the tagayarak river; tuntutuliak, ak
- NAVAREA XII 614/24 · Nav aids2024-08-12 → 2024-11-12Uscg remote communication facility nome in 64-29.00N 165-15.00W hf services off air
- NOAAORR-10835 · Spills2024-08-12 → 2024-08-26F/V sky grounding in izembek national wildlife refuge; near cold bay, ak
- NOAAORR-10824 · Spills2024-07-25 → 2024-08-08Matthew island, ak
- NOAAORR-10796 · Spills2024-06-05 → 2024-06-19Bering strait, alaska
- USGS-US7000M8YD · Quakes2024-03-30 → 2024-04-02Earthquake magnitude 5.8 (mww) in 52.114N 178.396E, depth 109 km at 301628Z mar 24
- NAVAREA XII 132/24 · Exercises2024-03-08 → 2024-03-09Gunnery exercises 090100Z to 090200Z mar in area within 11 miles of 55-29.98N 169-00.00W
- USGS-US6000MFLQ · Quakes2024-02-28 → 2024-03-02260 km w of adak, alaska
- NOAAORR-10739 · Spills2024-02-09 → 2024-02-23Kwigillingok, ak 99622, USA
- NAVAREA XII 59/24 · Nav aids2024-02-05 → 2026-08-14United States Coast Guard remote communication facility on St. Paul Alaska at 57-09N 170-14W has high frequency services off air.
- NOAAORR-10712 · Spills2023-12-28 → 2024-01-11West aleutians, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10697 · Spills2023-11-27 → 2023-12-11Diomede, ak 99762, USA
- NOAAORR-10688 · Spills2023-11-07 → 2023-11-21Nunapitchuk, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10687 · Spills2023-11-02 → 2023-11-16Diesel release from sunk tug vessel; steamboat slough, bethel, ak
- USGS-US7000L6K4 · Quakes2023-10-26 → 2023-10-29143 km e of ust’-kamchatsk staryy, russia
- USGS-US6000LFVN · Quakes2023-10-16 → 2023-10-1978 km nnw of adak, alaska
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.