The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia

IHO sea area 59 · -137° to -122° E, 47° to 59° N

in force
1
last 12 months
14
archive messages
640
categories
9

What the archive shows

640 messages are recorded since 1984-07-27 for the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. 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 351 of 640 recorded messages (55%), 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. NOAAORR-11221 · Spills2026-09-21
    An overturned hydrogen tank truck in Bellingham, Washington, on September 21, 2026, poses a chemical threat with no obvious leak, and modeling is requested.

Longest in force

  1. NOAAORR-11221 · Spills2026-09-21
    An overturned hydrogen tank truck in Bellingham, Washington, on September 21, 2026, poses a chemical threat with no obvious leak, and modeling is requested.

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By category · available archive

Spills35155%
Nav aids25239%
Other234%
Quakes51%
Surveys41%
Cable ops20%
Towing10%
Wrecks10%
Derelicts10%

Ports on this sea · 19

Busiest first by annual vessel calls (IMF PortWatch); each port page shows the warnings within 60 nm, its World Port Index profile and monthly port calls.

All 19 ports on the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia →

Archive · 639 cancelled

  1. NOAAORR-11198 · Spills2026-08-11 → 2026-08-25
    Mendenhall glacier flood outburst 2026; juneau, alaska
  2. NOAAORR-11195 · Spills2026-08-06 → 2026-08-20
    Joseph sinking; seattle, washington
  3. NOAAORR-11191 · Spills2026-07-23 → 2026-08-06
    On july 23, 2026, the U.S
  4. NOAAORR-11188 · Spills2026-07-18 → 2026-08-01
    3414 a california st, everett, wa 98201, USA
  5. NOAAORR-11175 · Spills2026-06-23 → 2026-07-07
    Ketchikan, ak, USA
  6. NOAAORR-11174 · Spills2026-06-22 → 2026-07-06
    Coast guard MH-60 helicopter, air station sitka; sitka, alaska
  7. NAVAREA XII 429/26 · Nav aids2026-06-16 → 2026-09-08
    At Point Higgins, Alaska, 55-27N 131-49W, U.S. Coast Guard communication facility transmit and receive services are off air.
  8. NOAAORR-11172 · Spills2026-06-15 → 2026-06-29
    Olalla, wa 98359, USA
  9. NOAAORR-11128 · Spills2026-03-05 → 2026-03-19
    Ketchikan, ak 99901, USA
  10. NOAAORR-11102 · Spills2026-01-12 → 2026-01-26
    103 metlakatla st, sitka, ak 99835, USA
  11. NOAAORR-11096 · Spills2025-12-31 → 2026-01-14
    Juneau, ak, USA
  12. NOAAORR-11081 · Spills2025-11-06 → 2025-11-20
    Kingston ferry dock, kingston, wa 98346, USA
  13. NOAAORR-11079 · Spills2025-10-30 → 2025-11-13
    On october 30, 2025, the on-call noaa scientific support coordinator (ssc) was notified by washington dept
  14. NOAAORR-11070 · Spills2025-09-24 → 2025-10-08
    On 9/24/25, the U.S
  15. NOAAORR-11068 · Spills2025-09-19 → 2025-10-03
    5410 marine view drive tacoma, wa, USA
  16. NOAAORR-11067 · Spills2025-09-18 → 2025-10-02
    120 washington beach ave, bremerton, wa 98337, USA
  17. NOAAORR-11065 · Spills2025-09-07 → 2025-09-21
    Recreational vessel cairdeas sinking, sinclair inlet; bremerton, washington
  18. NOAAORR-11056 · Spills2025-08-22 → 2025-09-05
    Ketchikan, ak, USA
  19. NOAAORR-11048 · Spills2025-08-12 → 2025-08-26
    2025 mendenhall glacier flood event; juneau, alaska
  20. NOAAORR-11045 · Spills2025-08-06 → 2025-08-20
    1609 12th st, bellingham, wa 98225, USA

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