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. NOAAORR-11047 · Spills2025-07-30 → 2025-08-13
    Juneau, ak 99801, USA
  2. NOAAORR-11034 · Spills2025-07-18 → 2025-08-01
    Tanker truck accident and fuel spill into indian creek; highway 101 at milepost 298.2, washington
  3. NOAAORR-10989 · Spills2025-06-18 → 2025-07-02
    Lost shipping container of plastic bags; admiralty island, alaska
  4. NOAAORR-10972 · Spills2025-05-29 → 2025-06-12
    Western channel, sitka, ak, USA
  5. NOAAORR-10954 · Spills2025-04-10 → 2025-04-24
    The national response center received several separate calls regarding a sheen in the ballard ship canal /…
  6. NOAAORR-10941 · Spills2025-03-28 → 2025-04-11
    Sitka, ak 99835, USA
  7. NOAAORR-10926 · Spills2025-02-22 → 2025-03-08
    Pleasure craft goldfinch sinking and diesel spill; port townsend, washington
  8. NOAAORR-10924 · Spills2025-02-21 → 2025-03-07
    Thorne bay, ak, USA
  9. NOAAORR-10898 · Spills2025-01-09 → 2025-01-23
    Metlakatla, ak, USA
  10. NOAAORR-10878 · Spills2024-12-05 → 2024-12-19
    F/V wind walker capsized and sank in the vicinity of point couverden, off southeastern alaska, on december…
  11. NOAAORR-10873 · Spills2024-11-21 → 2024-12-05
    57-foot pleasure craft awash; vashon island, wa
  12. NOAAORR-10867 · Spills2024-11-04 → 2024-11-18
    Hyder, ak, USA
  13. NOAAORR-10863 · Spills2024-10-23 → 2024-11-06
    On oct 18, 2024, noaa was notified of multiple vessels grounded in quilcene bay, near the hood canal in…
  14. NOAAORR-10847 · Spills2024-09-03 → 2024-09-17
    On 03 september 2024, ssc nw was contacted by uscg puget sound about a 40ft vessel grounded near neah bay,…
  15. NOAAORR-10843 · Spills2024-08-26 → 2024-09-09
    Ketchikan, ak 99901, USA
  16. NOAAORR-10837 · Spills2024-08-13 → 2024-08-27
    326 e d st, tacoma, wa 98421, USA
  17. NOAAORR-10834 · Spills2024-08-09 → 2024-08-23
    Kuiu island, se alaska
  18. NOAAORR-10831 · Spills2024-08-04 → 2024-08-18
    2024 mendenhall glacier flood event; juneau, ak
  19. NOAAORR-10814 · Spills2024-07-11 → 2024-07-25
    Juneau, ak 99801, USA
  20. NOAAORR-10807 · Spills2024-06-21 → 2024-07-05
    Metlakatla, ak 99926

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