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
- USGS-US2000CN1J · Quakes2018-01-23 → 2018-01-26228 km se of chiniak, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 33/18 · Nav aids2018-01-23 → 2018-01-25Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 28/18 · Nav aids2018-01-19 → 2018-01-19Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 25/18 · Nav aids2018-01-18 → 2018-01-18Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 19/18 · Nav aids2018-01-14 → 2018-01-18Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 6/18 · Nav aids2018-01-05 → 2018-01-10Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable 101730Z to 101930Z jan
- NAVAREA XII 534/17 · Nav aids2017-11-24 → 2017-11-24Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 523/17 · Nav aids2017-11-20 → 2017-11-20Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NOAAORR-9569 · Spills2017-09-07 → 2017-09-21Sanak islands, alaska
- USGS-AK017B65ZKFY · Quakes2017-08-31 → 2017-09-0361 km nw of aleneva, alaska
- NOAAORR-9547 · Spills2017-08-10 → 2017-08-24Unakwik inlet, northern prince william sound, alaska
- NOAAORR-9539 · Spills2017-08-04 → 2017-08-18Knight island, ak
- NOAAORR-9535 · Spills2017-07-24 → 2017-08-07On july 24, 2017, the uscg msd kodiak contacted the noaa duty officer regarding a fishing tender that…
- NAVAREA XII 309/17 · Nav aids2017-07-14 → 2017-07-14Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 306/17 · Nav aids2017-07-13 → 2017-07-13Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 295/17 · Exercises2017-07-05 → 2017-07-11Hazardous operations 100300Z to 100930Z jul, alternate 0300Z to 0930Z daily 11 thru 13 jul in areas bound…
- NOAAORR-9523 · Spills2017-06-29 → 2017-07-13On june 29, 2017, the fishing vessel miss destinee sank in marmot bay
- NOAAORR-9511 · Spills2017-06-10 → 2017-06-24Sutwik island, ak
- NAVAREA XII 248/17 · Nav aids2017-06-04 → 2017-06-04Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 241/17 · Nav aids2017-06-01 → 2017-06-06Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable 061730Z to 062230Z jun
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.