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. USGS-USP000D4ZN · Quakes2004-09-24 → 2004-09-27
    81 km wsw of bahía de kino, mexico
  2. USGS-USP000CMFN · Quakes2004-02-18 → 2004-02-21
    78 km e of la rivera, mexico
  3. USGS-USP000CCP2 · Quakes2003-11-12 → 2003-11-15
    78 km ne of san luis, mexico
  4. USGS-USP000BV7V · Quakes2003-04-15 → 2003-04-18
    73 km ssw of topolobampo, mexico
  5. USGS-USP000BSHH · Quakes2003-03-12 → 2003-03-15
    87 km sw of paredón colorado, mexico
  6. USGS-USP000BDQX · Quakes2002-10-03 → 2002-10-06
    111 km ese of la rivera, mexico
  7. USGS-CI12456384 · Quakes2002-02-22 → 2002-02-25
    13KM wsw of delta, B.C., mx
  8. USGS-CI9732601 · Quakes2001-12-08 → 2001-12-11
    22KM s of estacion coahuila, B.C., mx
  9. NAVAREA XII 107/00 · Other2000-03-27 → 2000-12-09
    The government of mexico has declared the following areas of their territorial sea closed to innocent…
  10. NAVAREA XII 101/00 · Exercises2000-03-24 → 2000-03-27
    Gunnery exercises: a. 16 thru 18 may, 20 thru 22 jun, 18 thru 20 jul, 22 thru 24 aug, 19 thru 21 sep, 17…
  11. USGS-USP0009Q39 · Quakes2000-03-24 → 2000-03-27
    51 km ssw of san carlos, mexico
  12. USGS-USP0008XNE · Quakes1998-11-05 → 1998-11-08
    81 km e of la rivera, mexico
  13. USGS-USP0008R4H · Quakes1998-07-07 → 1998-07-10
    112 km ssw of altata, 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.

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