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-10940 · Spills2025-03-28 → 2025-04-11Potential discharge, susitna river (ice incident #2); beluga, alaska
- NOAAORR-10928 · Spills2025-02-27 → 2025-03-13Oily water leak from M/V lady angela; boat harbor, seward, alaska
- USGS-AK025215OY3M · Quakes2025-02-13 → 2025-02-16155 km ssw of akhiok, alaska
- NOAAORR-10910 · Spills2025-02-06 → 2025-02-20Sand point, ak 99661, USA
- NOAAORR-10902 · Spills2025-01-20 → 2025-02-03Barge grounding, axel lind island, prince william sound; valdez, ak
- NOAAORR-10900 · Spills2025-01-10 → 2025-01-24Seward, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10886 · Spills2024-12-11 → 2024-12-25Sand point, ak
- NAVAREA XII 902/24 · Nav aids2024-11-15 → 2024-11-22Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W off air 181900Z to 182000Z nov
- NAVAREA XII 656/24 · Nav aids2024-08-21 → 2024-11-12Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W hf and mf reception capabilities unreliable
- NOAAORR-10823 · Spills2024-07-25 → 2024-08-08Sand point, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10821 · Spills2024-07-22 → 2024-08-05Port mackenzie, ak, USA
- NOAAORR-10813 · Spills2024-07-11 → 2024-07-25Whittier, ak 99693, USA
- NOAAORR-10806 · Spills2024-06-18 → 2024-07-02Se of sand point, ak
- NAVAREA XII 247/24 · Other2024-04-12 → 2024-04-18Commdet kodiak, ak remote site cold bay 55-11.00N 162-42.00W hf transmit and receive services inoperable
- NOAAORR-10766 · Spills2024-03-29 → 2024-04-12Anchorage, ak, USA
- NAVAREA XII 205/24 · Nav aids2024-03-28 → 2026-08-14The Coast Guard remote communication facility at Kodiak, Alaska has unreliable medium and high frequency radio transmit and receive services.
- NAVAREA XII 126/24 · Nav aids2024-03-06 → 2024-03-07Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.63N 152-31.72W off air 062300Z to 070001Z mar
- NAVAREA XII 123/24 · Nav aids2024-03-06 → 2024-03-06NAVTEX station kodiak (j) 57-46.63N 152-31.72W off air 062300Z to 070001Z mar
- NAVAREA XII 117/24 · Nav aids2024-03-04 → 2026-08-14Navigation telex station Kodiak (J) at 57 degrees 46.63 minutes north, 152 degrees 31.72 minutes west is unreliable.
- NAVAREA XII 85/24 · Nav aids2024-02-18 → 2024-02-22Alaska naxtex station kodiak (j) 57-46.0N 152-34.0W off air
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.