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 3/20 · Nav aids2020-01-04 → 2020-01-05Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W hf frequencies 4125, 4426, 6215 and 8291 inoperative
- NOAAORR-10028 · Spills2020-01-01 → 2020-01-15Sutwik island, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 645/19 · Nav aids2019-12-17 → 2019-12-18NAVTEX station kodiak (jx) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W services off air
- NAVAREA XII 620/19 · Nav aids2019-12-06 → 2019-12-07Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W NAVTEX and vobra off air
- NOAAORR-10013 · Spills2019-11-22 → 2019-12-06Afognak island, ak
- NOAAORR-9980 · Spills2019-10-02 → 2019-10-16Cook inlet, ak
- NOAAORR-9979 · Spills2019-10-01 → 2019-10-15On 1-Oct-2019, uscg reported that the osk dock at nikiski collapsed in heavy weather, rupturing a fuel…
- NAVAREA XII 456/19 · Other2019-09-21 → 2019-09-23Uscg communication facility kodiak remote station pt
- NAVAREA XII 448/19 · Other2019-09-17 → 2019-09-19Uscg communication facility kodiak remote station pt
- NAVAREA XII 382/19 · Nav aids2019-08-17 → 2019-08-20Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable 200800Z to 201200Z aug
- NAVAREA XII 315/19 · Nav aids2019-07-20 → 2019-07-26Potato point dgps station 61-03.4N 146-41.8W unusable until further notice
- NOAAORR-9932 · Spills2019-07-08 → 2019-07-22In the early morning hours of 08-Jul-2019, a fish tender/barge burned and sank at the dock in whittier, ak
- NAVAREA XII 246/19 · Nav aids2019-06-28 → 2019-06-28Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 236/19 · Nav aids2019-06-27 → 2019-06-28Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 232/19 · Nav aids2019-06-26 → 2019-06-26Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 214/19 · Nav aids2019-06-14 → 2019-06-14Kodiak dgps station 57-37.1N 152-11.6W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 210/19 · Nav aids2019-06-11 → 2019-06-11Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W weather fax services off air
- NAVAREA XII 197/19 · Nav aids2019-05-31 → 2019-06-01Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W hf unreliable 311600Z to 312359Z may
- USGS-AK0196R9O3RQ · Quakes2019-05-27 → 2019-05-3061 km ssw of nanwalek, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 174/19 · Nav aids2019-05-13 → 2019-05-14Kodiak 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.