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%
Wrecks10%
Towing10%
Derelicts10%

Archive · 639 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA XII 22/14 · Other2014-02-06 → 2014-02-07
    Pyrotechnics excercises 070300Z to 070500Z feb vicinity 57-44.53N 135-13.54W
  2. NAVAREA XII 307/13 · Nav aids2013-12-05 → 2013-12-10
    Cancel this msg 100101Z dec 13
  3. NAVAREA XII 289/13 · Nav aids2013-11-14 → 2013-11-15
    Alaska-southeast Coast
  4. NAVAREA XII 276/13 · Nav aids2013-10-25 → 2013-10-29
    Cancel this msg 292359Z oct 13
  5. NOAAORR-8678 · Spills2013-10-22 → 2013-11-05
    Uscg sector puget sound notified the noaa ssc of a spill of polymer-based drilling fluid into the hylebos…
  6. NOAAORR-8668 · Spills2013-10-02 → 2013-10-16
    Eagle harbor, wa
  7. NAVAREA XII 226/13 · Other2013-09-12 → 2013-09-13
    Pyrotechnics exercises 131600Z to 131800Z sep within 500 yards of 58-17N 134-24W
  8. NOAAORR-8657 · Spills2013-09-05 → 2013-09-19
    At approximately 1630 pdt on 5 september 2013 uscg sector puget sound contacted the noaa ssc regarding the…
  9. NAVAREA XII 214/13 · Nav aids2013-08-30 → 2013-09-05
    Cancel this msg 052100Z sep 13
  10. NOAAORR-8650 · Spills2013-08-21 → 2013-09-04
    21 foot bayliner, grounded; sekiu river mouth, wa
  11. NAVAREA XII 178/13 · Surveys2013-07-18 → 2013-07-20
    Canada
  12. NAVAREA XII 174/13 · Nav aids2013-07-16 → 2013-07-20
    Alaska-southeast Coast
  13. NAVAREA XII 171/13 · Nav aids2013-07-13 → 2013-07-16
    Cancel this msg 160200Z jul 13
  14. NOAAORR-8607 · Spills2013-06-04 → 2013-06-18
    Whidbey island, wa
  15. NAVAREA XII 105/13 · Nav aids2013-05-01 → 2013-05-02
    Alaska-southeast Coast
  16. NOAAORR-8573 · Spills2013-03-07 → 2013-03-21
    Vashon island, wa
  17. NOAAORR-8571 · Spills2013-02-28 → 2013-03-14
    On january 25, 2013 the 167 ft M/V helena star sank in the hylebos waterway in tacoma, wa
  18. NAVAREA XII 305/12 · Nav aids2012-11-16 → 2012-11-16
    Alaska-southeast Coast
  19. NOAAORR-8524 · Spills2012-11-07 → 2012-11-21
    Barge HMS 2000; port angeles, wa
  20. NAVAREA XII 282/12 · Quakes2012-10-28 → 2012-10-28
    Tsunami warning

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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