Gulf of California

IHO sea area 60 · -115° to -107° E, 23° to 32° N

in force
1
last 12 months
2
archive messages
174
categories
8

What the archive shows

174 messages are recorded since 1998-07-07 for the Gulf of California. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Exercises accounts for 57 of 174 recorded messages (33%), 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.

In force now · 1

  1. NAVAREA XII 244/22 · Nav aids2022-04-15
    Boca del Tule light at 23-14.3N 109-26.4W in Gulf of California, Mexico is unlit.

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA XII 244/22 · Nav aids2022-04-15
    Boca del Tule light at 23-14.3N 109-26.4W in Gulf of California, Mexico is unlit.

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By category · available archive

Exercises5733%
Quakes5532%
Nav aids4425%
Wrecks53%
Incidents53%
Surveys53%
Other21%
Debris11%

Archive · 173 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA XII 457/18 · Incidents2018-10-26 → 2018-11-09
    14 meter S/V mariah, white hull, three persons on board, overdue
  2. NAVAREA XII 434/18 · Wrecks2018-10-16 → 2020-07-10
    Dangerous wreck marked by buoys in 25-33.0N 109-09.4W
  3. USGS-US1000H8PV · Quakes2018-10-08 → 2018-10-11
    66 km e of la rivera, mexico
  4. NAVAREA XII 419/18 · Wrecks2018-10-04 → 2018-10-16
    Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 23-33.0N 109-09.4W
  5. NAVAREA XII 174/18 · Nav aids2018-04-25 → 2018-09-07
    San jose del cabo light 23-03.9N 109-39.9W unreliable
  6. USGS-US2000CL83 · Quakes2018-01-19 → 2018-01-22
    79 km nne of loreto, mexico
  7. NAVAREA XII 484/17 · Nav aids2017-10-28 → 2018-09-07
    Port loreto light 26-00.9N 111-20.7W unlit
  8. NAVAREA XII 482/17 · Nav aids2017-10-28 → 2018-09-07
    Punta arena de la ventana light 24-03.3N 109-49.8W unlit
  9. NAVAREA XII 428/17 · Debris2017-09-24 → 2017-09-27
    Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 25-32.46N 110-21.72W
  10. USGS-US2000AT0M · Quakes2017-09-22 → 2017-09-25
    77 km e of la rivera, mexico
  11. NAVAREA XII 234/17 · Surveys2017-05-26 → 2017-06-10
    Survey operations in progress 01 thru 09 jun by M/V nautilus: a. in 27-30-14.8N 111-40-52.0W
  12. USGS-US20008VLL · Quakes2017-03-29 → 2017-04-01
    71 km wsw of las grullas margen derecha, mexico
  13. NAVAREA XII 117/17 · Nav aids2017-03-15 → 2017-12-13
    Cabo tepoca light 30-16.3N 112-51.1W unlit
  14. NAVAREA XII 342/16 · Nav aids2016-09-21 → 2017-04-07
    Odas buoy established in 25-14.70N 108-39.31W
  15. NAVAREA XII 226/16 · Other2016-07-19 → 2016-07-24
    Partially submerged steel pipe in 27-55.3N 111-01.2W
  16. NAVAREA XII 192/16 · Nav aids2016-06-22 → 2017-03-15
    Cabo tepoca light 30-16.3N 112-51.1W unlit
  17. USGS-US20005CT5 · Quakes2016-03-28 → 2016-03-31
    103 km sse of san felipe, mexico
  18. NAVAREA XII 367/15 · Nav aids2015-11-06 → 2015-11-10
    Puerto pensaco light 31-17.1N 113-34.7W unlit
  19. NAVAREA XII 359/15 · Wrecks2015-10-28 → 2017-11-17
    Dangerous wreck in 24-34.36N 108-02.12W
  20. USGS-US20003J4U · Quakes2015-09-13 → 2015-09-16
    95 km sw of topolobampo, mexico

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.