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 310/14 · Nav aids2014-09-06 → 2014-09-06Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 288/14 · Exercises2014-08-21 → 2014-08-23Gunnery exercises 222200Z to 230100Z aug within 10,000 yards of 57-26N 151-27W
- NAVAREA XII 282/14 · Nav aids2014-08-19 → 2014-08-19Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 277/14 · Nav aids2014-08-15 → 2014-08-19Cancel this msg 192359Z aug 14
- NAVAREA XII 253/14 · Derelicts2014-07-29 → 2014-08-02Derelict 21 foot vessel partially submerged and adrift in 59-28.51N 149-39.78W
- USGS-AK0149GUZIC1 · Quakes2014-07-25 → 2014-07-2840 km wnw of elfin cove, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 237/14 · Exercises2014-07-19 → 2014-07-22Gunnery exercises 212300Z to 220200Z jul within five miles of 58-47N 151-09W
- NAVAREA XII 227/14 · Nav aids2014-07-09 → 2014-10-04Updates can be found at: WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/station_page.php?station=46083
- NAVAREA XII 192/14 · Debris2014-06-18 → 2014-06-18Noaa buoy 46081 adrift in 60-45-51N 148-19-08W at 180530Z jun
- NOAAORR-8768 · Spills2014-06-03 → 2014-06-17On june 3, 2014, the uscg notified the noaa ssc of a leaking underwater natural gas supply line near…
- USGS-AK0145Z8AMWH · Quakes2014-05-10 → 2014-05-1323 km wnw of happy valley, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 133/14 · Nav aids2014-05-09 → 2014-05-13Cancel this msg 131900Z may 14
- NAVAREA XII 112/14 · Nav aids2014-04-24 → 2014-04-24Alaska-south Coast
- NAVAREA XII 59/14 · Nav aids2014-03-16 → 2014-03-17Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 44/14 · Nav aids2014-02-27 → 2014-02-28Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 5/14 · Nav aids2014-01-06 → 2014-01-08Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 257/13 · Nav aids2013-10-10 → 2013-10-14Alaska
- NAVAREA XII 237/13 · Nav aids2013-09-20 → 2013-09-20Alaska-south Coast
- NAVAREA XII 209/13 · Nav aids2013-08-28 → 2013-08-29Alaska
- NOAAORR-8625 · Spills2013-07-06 → 2013-07-20Poe bay, passage canal, pws, ak
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.