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%
Towing10%
Wrecks10%
Derelicts10%

Archive · 639 cancelled

  1. NOAAORR-10675 · Spills2023-10-11 → 2023-10-25
    Kake harbor, kake, ak 99830, USA
  2. NOAAORR-10661 · Spills2023-09-08 → 2023-09-22
    Diesel from tanker truck released into tributary of union slough, everett, wa
  3. NOAAORR-10663 · Spills2023-09-01 → 2023-09-15
    550 monster rd sw, renton, wa 98057
  4. NOAAORR-10657 · Spills2023-08-28 → 2023-09-11
    26-foot cabin cruiser sunk, bellingham bay, bellingham, wa
  5. NOAAORR-10655 · Spills2023-08-24 → 2023-09-07
    38-foot fishing vessel listing, funter bay, angoon, ak
  6. NOAAORR-10651 · Spills2023-08-17 → 2023-08-31
    169-Foot fishing vessel leaking anhydrous ammonia; tacoma, wa
  7. NAVAREA XII 505/23 · Nav aids2023-08-08 → 2023-08-11
    NAVTEX station digby island (d) 54-18.05N 130-24.17W off air
  8. NOAAORR-10647 · Spills2023-08-06 → 2023-08-20
    Mendenhall river, juneau, ak 99801, USA
  9. NOAAORR-10645 · Spills2023-08-01 → 2023-08-15
    Commercial fishing vessel aground in gastineau channel, juneau, ak
  10. NOAAORR-10635 · Spills2023-07-17 → 2023-07-31
    Grounded 48' recreational vessel on stewart island, wa
  11. NOAAORR-10626 · Spills2023-06-30 → 2023-07-14
    108’ vessel aground, brownsville marina, wa
  12. NOAAORR-10600 · Spills2023-04-15 → 2023-04-29
    Bainbridge island, wa
  13. NOAAORR-10598 · Spills2023-04-08 → 2023-04-22
    Hylebos waterway, tacoma, wa
  14. NOAAORR-10584 · Spills2023-03-16 → 2023-03-30
    Swinomish channel, anacortes, wa
  15. NAVAREA XII 119/23 · Nav aids2023-03-12 → 2026-08-14
    Coast radio transmission services at Point Higgins, Alaska, 55-27.40N 131-49.90W, are off air.
  16. NAVAREA XII 83/23 · Nav aids2023-02-23 → 2023-02-24
    Commdet kodiak, ak remote site ketchikan 55-27.00N 131-49.00W hf services unreliable 240700Z to 241500Z feb
  17. NOAAORR-10573 · Spills2023-02-22 → 2023-03-08
    Lopez island, wa
  18. NOAAORR-10566 · Spills2023-02-08 → 2023-02-22
    Eliason harbor, sitka, ak
  19. NOAAORR-10562 · Spills2023-01-23 → 2023-02-06
    Navy vessel sunk after collision with security zone boom, bangor trident base, wa
  20. NAVAREA XII 7/23 · Nav aids2023-01-09 → 2023-01-10
    Commdet kodiak, ak remote site ketchikan 55-27.00N 131-49.00W transmit and receive services off air 100700Z…

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