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 · 663 cancelled
- NAVAREA XII 186/23 · Nav aids2023-04-06 → 2023-04-07Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 36/23 · Nav aids2023-01-22 → 2023-01-23Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W hf voice, transmit, receive and dsc services…
- NAVAREA XII 9/23 · Nav aids2023-01-10 → 2023-01-12Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W hf services unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 8/23 · Other2023-01-10 → 2023-01-10Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.63N 152-31.72W broadcast and reception capabilities inoperable
- NAVAREA XII 932/22 · Nav aids2022-12-03 → 2022-12-07NAVTEX station kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W off air
- NAVAREA XII 904/22 · Other2022-11-23 → 2022-11-28Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.63N 152-31.72W hf receive services inoperable
- NAVAREA XII 785/22 · Nav aids2022-10-20 → 2022-10-25Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W hf dsc off air 251400Z to 251800Z oct
- NAVAREA XII 781/22 · Nav aids2022-10-19 → 2022-10-25Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.60N 152-31.70W weather fax unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 713/22 · Cable ops2022-09-26 → 2022-09-29Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 57-58.10N…
- NAVAREA XII 687/22 · Cable ops2022-09-16 → 2022-09-26Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 56-25.10N…
- NAVAREA XII 626/22 · Cable ops2022-08-30 → 2022-09-16Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 55-20.50N…
- NAVAREA XII 619/22 · Other2022-08-27 → 2022-08-28Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.60N 152-31.70W wx fax broadcast services inoperable
- NAVAREA XII 599/22 · Cable ops2022-08-24 → 2022-08-26Cable operations in progress until 260800Z aug by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 55-24.70N…
- NAVAREA XII 588/22 · Cable ops2022-08-20 → 2022-08-24Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 55-09.00N…
- NAVAREA XII 527/22 · Other2022-08-03 → 2022-08-06Uscg remote communication facilities kodiak, ak (j) 57-46.63N 152-31.72W vobra inoperable
- NAVAREA XII 491/22 · Nav aids2022-07-21 → 2022-07-22Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.60N 152-31.70W hf dsc transmit services off air until 212303Z jul
- NAVAREA XII 415/22 · Nav aids2022-06-25 → 2022-06-26Gulf of alaska alaska NAVTEX station kodiak (X) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W off air
- NAVAREA XII 407/22 · Nav aids2022-06-23 → 2022-06-30Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) and kodiak (X) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W broadcast and…
- NOAAORR-10481 · Spills2022-06-16 → 2022-06-30On 16-Jun-2022, sector anchorage notified the ssc of a vessel on fire and adrift off kodiak
- HYDROPAC 1495/22 · Incidents2022-05-28 → 2022-06-1760 foot vessel grizzly rose, two persons on board, disabled in 58-14.71N 138-56.67W
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.