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
- NOAAORR-9324 · Spills2016-07-25 → 2016-08-08Dry bay, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 217/16 · Nav aids2016-07-12 → 2016-07-28Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unusable 272300Z to 280100Z jul
- NAVAREA XII 216/16 · Nav aids2016-07-12 → 2016-07-12Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unusable 121923Z to 272300Z jul
- NAVAREA XII 207/16 · Nav aids2016-07-07 → 2016-07-07Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable
- NOAAORR-9302 · Spills2016-06-20 → 2016-07-04Unimak island, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 172/16 · Nav aids2016-06-01 → 2016-06-03Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 170/16 · Nav aids2016-06-01 → 2016-06-01Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable
- USGS-AK0166ZPWEI8 · Quakes2016-05-31 → 2016-06-0375 km se of perryville, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 164/16 · Nav aids2016-05-28 → 2016-05-29Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 142/16 · Nav aids2016-05-11 → 2016-05-11Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 123/16 · Nav aids2016-05-04 → 2016-05-05Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 120/16 · Nav aids2016-04-28 → 2016-04-28Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 110/16 · Nav aids2016-04-16 → 2016-04-16Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NOAAORR-9263 · Spills2016-04-04 → 2016-04-18Resurrection bay, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 71/16 · Nav aids2016-03-09 → 2016-03-20Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 61/16 · Nav aids2016-03-01 → 2016-03-12Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 48/16 · Nav aids2016-02-17 → 2016-02-18Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NOAAORR-9234 · Spills2016-02-16 → 2016-03-01Whale island, kodiak, ak
- USGS-AK01613V15NV · Quakes2016-01-24 → 2016-01-2747 km ese of pedro bay, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 24/16 · Nav aids2016-01-22 → 2016-01-25Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.