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 99/15 · Exercises2015-03-18 → 2015-03-20Gunnery exercises 191600Z to 200200Z mar within five miles of 57-26N 151-27W
- NAVAREA XII 95/15 · Nav aids2015-03-14 → 2015-03-16Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 82/15 · Nav aids2015-03-03 → 2015-03-03Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 80/15 · Nav aids2015-03-02 → 2015-03-06Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable 061900Z to 062000Z mar
- NOAAORR-8880 · Spills2015-02-16 → 2015-03-02On february 16, 2015, the 81-foot fishing vessel savannah ray went hard aground on the southeast coast of…
- NAVAREA XII 33/15 · Nav aids2015-01-26 → 2015-01-26Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W at reduced power
- NAVAREA XII 461/14 · Nav aids2014-12-01 → 2014-12-05Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unusable 051900Z to 052000Z dec
- NAVAREA XII 409/14 · Nav aids2014-11-05 → 2014-11-06Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 400/14 · Other2014-10-29 → 2014-10-29Cold bay dpgs station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 368/14 · Nav aids2014-10-13 → 2014-10-18Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 364/14 · Nav aids2014-10-11 → 2014-10-12Cold bay dgps station 55-11.4N 162-42.3W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 351/14 · Nav aids2014-10-03 → 2014-10-04Dgps station kodiak 57-37.1N 152-11.6W at reduced power
- NAVAREA XII 349/14 · Nav aids2014-10-03 → 2014-10-03Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NOAAORR-8832 · Spills2014-10-02 → 2014-10-16Cook inlet, nikiski, ak
- HYDROPAC 2896/14 · Other2014-09-29 → 2014-09-30Pyrotechnics exercise 300400Z to 300500Z sep within one mile of 59-12.97N 151-44.29W
- HYDROPAC 2895/14 · Exercises2014-09-29 → 2014-09-30Gunnery exercises 301800Z to 302100Z sep within five miles of 58-47N 151-09W
- NAVAREA XII 342/14 · Exercises2014-09-26 → 2014-09-30Gunnery exercises 300100Z to 300400Z sep within five miles of 58-47.0N 151-09.1W
- NOAAORR-8812 · Spills2014-09-10 → 2014-09-24Womens bay, kodiak, ak
- NAVAREA XII 318/14 · Nav aids2014-09-08 → 2014-09-08Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 316/14 · Nav aids2014-09-08 → 2014-09-13Cancel this msg 132030Z sep 14
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.