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.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2026-09-21 00:00ZAn overturned hydrogen tank truck in Bellingham, Washington, on September 21, 2026, poses a chemical threat with no obvious leak, and modeling is requested.
In force now · 1
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| Spills | 351 | 55% |
| Nav aids | 252 | 39% |
| Other | 23 | 4% |
| Quakes | 5 | 1% |
| Surveys | 4 | 1% |
| Cable ops | 2 | 0% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 0% |
| Derelicts | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 639 cancelled
- NOAAORR-9168 · Spills2015-09-02 → 2015-09-16On sept 2, 2015, the FV pacific venture, a wood-hulled 58’ limit seiner, grounded and subsequently rolled…
- NOAAORR-9159 · Spills2015-08-17 → 2015-08-31On august 15, uscg received a report of a diesel release at the sitka, alaska, power plant
- NAVAREA XII 273/15 · Nav aids2015-08-11 → 2015-08-13Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 204/15 · Surveys2015-06-10 → 2015-06-14Scientific mooring, at depth 38 meters, established in 54-11.08N 130-19.96W
- NAVAREA XII 176/15 · Nav aids2015-05-24 → 2015-05-28Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable 281700Z to 281900Z may
- NAVAREA XII 157/15 · Nav aids2015-05-06 → 2015-05-06Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 153/15 · Nav aids2015-04-30 → 2015-05-05Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable 051700Z to 051900Z may
- NAVAREA XII 151/15 · Nav aids2015-04-29 → 2015-04-29Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W at reduced power
- NOAAORR-8910 · Spills2015-04-14 → 2015-04-28Friday harbor, washington
- NAVAREA XII 132/15 · Nav aids2015-04-13 → 2015-04-25Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unusable
- NOAAORR-8891 · Spills2015-03-16 → 2015-03-30Wadleigh island, ak
- NOAAORR-8883 · Spills2015-02-23 → 2015-03-09On february 22, 2015, the uscg received a report of a large oil sheen in the auke bay harbor, ak,…
- NOAAORR-8875 · Spills2015-01-28 → 2015-02-11On january 28, 2015, the uscg sector puget sound contacted noaa erd to report a release of 5-10,000 gallons…
- NOAAORR-8873 · Spills2015-01-20 → 2015-02-03On january 20, 2015, uscg was notified that the 71-foot F/V eyak grounded off of calligan island, on its way…
- NAVAREA XII 7/15 · Surveys2015-01-07 → 2015-01-10Scientific moorings established in: a. 54-16.254N 130-34.629W, at depth 95 meters
- NAVAREA XII 468/14 · Nav aids2014-12-03 → 2014-12-03Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 462/14 · Nav aids2014-12-01 → 2014-12-03Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W at reduced power
- NAVAREA XII 445/14 · Nav aids2014-11-20 → 2014-11-21Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.1W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 430/14 · Nav aids2014-11-14 → 2014-11-15Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unusable
- NOAAORR-8836 · Spills2014-10-17 → 2014-10-31Off dungeness spit, wa
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.