Gulf of Alaska
IHO sea area 58 · -163° to -137° E, 54° to 62° N
- in force
- 2
- last 12 months
- 14
- archive messages
- 666
- categories
- 10
What the archive shows
666 messages are recorded since 1985-02-25 for the Gulf of Alaska. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Nav aids accounts for 323 of 666 recorded messages (48%), 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 2025-11-13 21:05ZWeather fax services are off air at Kodiak, Alaska; NAVAREA XII 460/24 is canceled.
In force now · 2
- NOAAORR-11227 · Spills2026-09-28The 91-foot fishing vessel Rolfy sank at I-Dock in Seward Harbor, Alaska, on September 28, 2026, posing an oil threat as salvage crews prepare to refloat it.
- NAVAREA XII 718/25 · Nav aids2025-11-13Weather fax services are off air at Kodiak, Alaska; NAVAREA XII 460/24 is canceled.
Longest in force
- NAVAREA XII 718/25 · Nav aids2025-11-13Weather fax services are off air at Kodiak, Alaska; NAVAREA XII 460/24 is canceled.
- NOAAORR-11227 · Spills2026-09-28The 91-foot fishing vessel Rolfy sank at I-Dock in Seward Harbor, Alaska, on September 28, 2026, posing an oil threat as salvage crews prepare to refloat it.
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By category · available archive
| Nav aids | 323 | 48% |
| Spills | 191 | 29% |
| Quakes | 86 | 13% |
| Other | 33 | 5% |
| Exercises | 17 | 3% |
| Cable ops | 6 | 1% |
| Incidents | 4 | 1% |
| Debris | 3 | 0% |
| Derelicts | 2 | 0% |
| Missiles | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 664 cancelled
- NAVAREA XII 145/19 · Nav aids2019-04-26 → 2019-05-13Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NOAAORR-9892 · Spills2019-04-25 → 2019-05-09On apr 25, 2019, uscg marine safety detachment (msd) kodiak, alaska, received a report of rainbow sheen…
- NOAAORR-9891 · Spills2019-04-25 → 2019-05-09Kayak island, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 136/19 · Nav aids2019-04-20 → 2019-05-13Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W weather fax off air
- NAVAREA XII 110/19 · Nav aids2019-03-26 → 2019-03-28Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W weather fax off air
- NOAAORR-9865 · Spills2019-03-16 → 2019-03-30On march 16, 2019, the noaa ssc was contacted by the department of the interior regarding a diesel spill…
- NAVAREA XII 101/19 · Nav aids2019-03-15 → 2019-03-15Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W weather fax off air
- NAVAREA XII 100/19 · Nav aids2019-03-14 → 2019-05-01Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 96/19 · Other2019-03-09 → 2019-03-10Uscg remote communications facility cold bay 55-11.27N 162-42.90W frequency 4125 khz inoperative
- NOAAORR-9860 · Spills2019-02-27 → 2019-03-13Kodiak island, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 80/19 · Nav aids2019-02-19 → 2019-02-20Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W weather fax off air
- NAVAREA XII 75/19 · Nav aids2019-02-14 → 2019-02-14Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 67/19 · Nav aids2019-02-05 → 2019-02-06NAVTEX station kodiak (jx) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W dsc services unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 47/19 · Nav aids2019-01-24 → 2019-01-25Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 44/19 · Nav aids2019-01-23 → 2019-01-23Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 39/19 · Nav aids2019-01-19 → 2019-01-20Uscg station kodiak (jx) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W NAVTEX, vobra and weather fax off air
- NAVAREA XII 2/19 · Nav aids2019-01-01 → 2019-01-01Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NOAAORR-9832 · Spills2018-12-10 → 2018-12-24On 9-Dec-2018, FV nordic viking, a tender/processor, sank at the t dock in seward harbor
- HYDROPAC 4282/18 · Quakes2018-11-30 → 2018-11-30Earthquake with magnitude of 7.2 has occurred in vicinity 61-18N 149-48W at 301729Z nov
- USGS-AK018FCNTV5M · Quakes2018-11-30 → 2018-12-037 km nnw of anchorage, 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.