Gulf of Mexico

IHO sea area 26 · -98° to -80° E, 17° to 31° N

in force
8
last 12 months
61
archive messages
3,980
categories
18

What the archive shows

3,980 messages are recorded since 1970-02-10 for the Gulf of Mexico. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Spills accounts for 1,566 of 3,980 recorded messages (39%), 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 · 8

  1. NAVAREA IV 662/26 · Nav aids2026-07-07
    The US Coast Guard remote communication facility in New Orleans (29-53N 89-57W) is off air for medium and high frequency digital selective calling.
  2. NAVAREA IV 53/26 · Wrecks2026-01-20
    Dangerous wreck in Gulf of America near Mexico at 25-14.24N 097-07.72W.
  3. NAVAREA IV 90/25 · Nav aids2025-01-16
    Santiaguillo Light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, at 19-08.56N 095-48.48W is unlit.
  4. NAVAREA IV 702/24 · Nav aids2024-06-18
    In the Gulf of Mexico off Mexico, Punta de Piedra Light at 24-29.23N 097-44.56W is unlit.
  5. NAVAREA IV 701/24 · Nav aids2024-06-18
    Carbonera Light in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, at 24-37.62N 097-42.97W is unlit.
  6. NAVAREA IV 778/21 · Nav aids2021-08-31
    La Barra Light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, chart 28320, at 20-58.4N 097-18.5W, is unreliable.
  7. NAVAREA IV 278/21 · Nav aids2021-04-02
    Roca Partida light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, is unlit.
  8. NAVAREA IV 277/21 · Nav aids2021-04-02
    Tonala Light at 18-12-45N 094-08-00W in Bay of Campeche, Mexico is unlit.

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA IV 277/21 · Nav aids2021-04-02
    Tonala Light at 18-12-45N 094-08-00W in Bay of Campeche, Mexico is unlit.
  2. NAVAREA IV 278/21 · Nav aids2021-04-02
    Roca Partida light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, is unlit.
  3. NAVAREA IV 778/21 · Nav aids2021-08-31
    La Barra Light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, chart 28320, at 20-58.4N 097-18.5W, is unreliable.
  4. NAVAREA IV 701/24 · Nav aids2024-06-18
    Carbonera Light in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, at 24-37.62N 097-42.97W is unlit.
  5. NAVAREA IV 702/24 · Nav aids2024-06-18
    In the Gulf of Mexico off Mexico, Punta de Piedra Light at 24-29.23N 097-44.56W is unlit.

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By category · available archive

Spills1,56639%
Nav aids58615%
Incidents45711%
Exercises39610%
Cable ops2456%
Derelicts1654%
Surveys1624%
Other1263%
Storms1233%
Debris491%
Missiles271%
Wrecks271%
Towing160%
Quakes130%
Ordnance90%
Structures80%
Restricted30%
Containers20%

Archive · 3,972 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA IV 915/24 · Nav aids2024-08-02 → 2026-08-17
    NAVTEX station New Orleans at 29-53.10N 089-56.70W in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana is off air.
  2. NOAAORR-10829 · Spills2024-08-02 → 2024-08-16
    Port eads, la, USA
  3. NOAAORR-10827 · Spills2024-07-28 → 2024-08-11
    Offshore corpus christi, tx
  4. NOAAORR-10825 · Spills2024-07-27 → 2024-08-10
    Gulf of mexico
  5. NOAAORR-10826 · Spills2024-07-27 → 2024-08-10
    Crescent midstream tank overflow into bayou lafourche; raceland, la
  6. NOAAORR-10818 · Spills2024-07-19 → 2024-08-02
    South padre island, tx, USA
  7. NOAAORR-10819 · Spills2024-07-19 → 2024-08-02
    Houston shipping channel, tx, USA
  8. NOAAORR-10816 · Spills2024-07-17 → 2024-07-31
    On july 17, 2024, nesdis issued a marine pollution surveillance report (mpsr), for an anomaly offshore…
  9. NOAAORR-10812 · Spills2024-07-11 → 2024-07-25
    Lafitte, la, USA
  10. NAVAREA IV 784/24 · Surveys2024-07-05 → 2026-08-17
    Survey operations are underway in the Gulf of Mexico until 25 Jan 25 by vessels with submersibles; wide berth requested.
  11. NOAAORR-10811 · Spills2024-07-05 → 2024-07-19
    As of approximately 1700 central time, on july 5, 2024, beryl was passing over the yucatan peninsula
  12. NOAAORR-10809 · Spills2024-06-26 → 2024-07-10
    Mystery sheen, main pass 80; off coast of louisiana
  13. NAVAREA IV 706/24 · Other2024-06-19 → 2024-10-02
    Uscg remote communication facility new orleans (g) 29-53.10N 089-56.70W transmit capabilities unreliable
  14. NOAAORR-10804 · Spills2024-06-18 → 2024-07-02
    Pipeline spill at delta farms oil field, in situ burn; lafitte, la
  15. NOAAORR-10793 · Spills2024-05-31 → 2024-06-14
    On may 30, 2024, at approximately 2200 local, an estimated 100 gallons of hydraulic fluid was discharged…
  16. NOAAORR-10792 · Spills2024-05-30 → 2024-06-13
    On may 29, 2024, a tank battery in orangefield, tx, was struck by lightning, damaging the tank
  17. NOAAORR-10787 · Spills2024-05-18 → 2024-06-01
    Cocodrie, la, USA
  18. NAVAREA IV 560/24 · Other2024-05-16 → 2024-10-02
    Hazardous operation 21 thru 26 may and 25 thru 30 june in area bound by 22-20.00N 091-16.00W, 22-20.00N…
  19. NAVAREA IV 561/24 · Other2024-05-16 → 2024-10-02
    Hazardous operation 21 thru 26 may and 25 thru 30 june in area bound by 21-58.00N 089-45.00W, 22-04.00N…
  20. NAVAREA IV 559/24 · Other2024-05-16 → 2024-10-02
    Hazardous operation 21 thru 26 may and 25 thru 30 june in area bound by 20-05.00N 091-00.00W, 20-05.00N…

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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