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.

By year

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By category · available archive

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

Archive · 639 cancelled

  1. NOAAORR-9643 · Spills2018-01-12 → 2018-01-26
    On january 12, 2018, the uscg notified the alaska ssc of a planned oil and hazmat removal operation from a…
  2. NAVAREA XII 546/17 · Nav aids2017-12-02 → 2017-12-04
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable
  3. NOAAORR-9628 · Spills2017-12-01 → 2017-12-15
    Towing vessel jake shearer voyage wx forecast; kitimat-stikine, bc, canada
  4. NAVAREA XII 540/17 · Nav aids2017-11-28 → 2017-12-07
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W inoperative from 061800Z to 070200Z dec
  5. NAVAREA XII 522/17 · Nav aids2017-11-18 → 2017-11-20
    Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable
  6. NAVAREA XII 520/17 · Nav aids2017-11-18 → 2017-12-01
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable
  7. NAVAREA XII 486/17 · Nav aids2017-10-30 → 2017-11-01
    Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unreliable
  8. NAVAREA XII 451/17 · Nav aids2017-10-12 → 2017-10-13
    GPS unreliable 16 oct thru 18 nov in area within 96 miles of 47-43.8N 122-43.8W
  9. NAVAREA XII 430/17 · Nav aids2017-09-24 → 2017-11-01
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable
  10. NAVAREA XII 415/17 · Nav aids2017-09-17 → 2017-09-21
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W at reduced power
  11. NAVAREA XII 392/17 · Nav aids2017-09-08 → 2017-09-09
    Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unreliable
  12. NAVAREA XII 386/17 · Nav aids2017-09-05 → 2017-09-15
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable
  13. NAVAREA XII 379/17 · Nav aids2017-09-02 → 2017-09-09
    Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable 071600Z to 091600Z sep
  14. NAVAREA XII 376/17 · Nav aids2017-09-01 → 2017-09-01
    Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unusable
  15. NAVAREA XII 367/17 · Nav aids2017-08-29 → 2017-08-29
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unreliable
  16. NAVAREA XII 357/17 · Nav aids2017-08-24 → 2017-08-29
    Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W off air 281900Z to 290300Z aug
  17. NOAAORR-9554 · Spills2017-08-24 → 2017-09-07
    Floating hazmat box; between burrows & bird island near anacortes, wa, USA
  18. NOAAORR-9544 · Spills2017-08-09 → 2017-08-23
    On august 6, 2017, the commercial fishing vessel confidence , a 48.8' seine vessel, grounded in neva strait…
  19. NAVAREA XII 332/17 · Nav aids2017-08-04 → 2017-08-04
    Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable
  20. NAVAREA XII 304/17 · Nav aids2017-07-13 → 2017-07-13
    Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W 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.

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