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
Longest in force
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By category · available archive
| 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-7192 · Spills1997-03-18 → 1997-04-01Neah bay, washington
- NOAAORR-7179 · Spills1997-01-15 → 1997-01-29Train derailment - burlington northern railroad; edmonds, washington
- NOAAORR-7156 · Spills1996-10-22 → 1996-11-05Ketchikan pulp mill chemical release; ward cove, ketchikan, alaska
- NOAAORR-7142 · Spills1996-06-08 → 1996-06-22A homeowner discovered a release from his buried home heating oil tank on june 8, 1996, after an apparent…
- NOAAORR-7129 · Spills1996-02-08 → 1996-02-22Olala harbor, colvos passage, wa
- NOAAORR-7107 · Spills1995-08-10 → 1995-08-24Kanagunut island, alaska
- NOAAORR-7101 · Spills1995-06-23 → 1995-07-07On june 23, 1995, en route from skagway to juneau, the 800-foot cruise vessel, M/V star princess, owned by…
- NOAAORR-7099 · Spills1995-06-15 → 1995-06-29Kupreanof island, alaska
- NOAAORR-7075 · Spills1994-12-31 → 1995-01-14Crowley marine services barge 101; guemes island, puget sound, washington
- NOAAORR-7013 · Spills1994-05-19 → 1994-06-02Lynn canal mystery spill; lynn canal west of false point retreat, southeast alaska
- NOAAORR-7014 · Spills1994-05-19 → 1994-06-02Skagway harbor, skagway, alaska
- NOAAORR-6990 · Spills1994-02-15 → 1994-03-01Glacier bay national park in southeast alaska
- NOAAORR-6991 · Spills1994-02-15 → 1994-03-01Duwamish waterway, seattle, washington
- NOAAORR-6959 · Spills1993-08-21 → 1993-09-04San fernando island, southeast alaska
- NOAAORR-6958 · Spills1993-08-18 → 1993-09-01M/V yorktown clipper; geikie rock in glacier bay national park, alaska
- NOAAORR-6954 · Spills1993-07-26 → 1993-08-09Shannon point seafood company fire; shannon point, anacortes, washington
- NOAAORR-6942 · Spills1993-04-23 → 1993-05-07At approximately 0800 on wednesday, april 21, a bunkering incident occured aboard the M/V nosac forest…
- NOAAORR-6939 · Spills1993-04-20 → 1993-05-04Blair waterway, tacoma, washington
- NOAAORR-6933 · Spills1993-03-31 → 1993-04-14At approximately 0700 on march 31, 1993, a rupture occurred in a 6-inch titanium pipe used in pulp production
- NOAAORR-6930 · Spills1993-03-24 → 1993-04-07Straits of juan de fuca, 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.