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.
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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% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 0% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Derelicts | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 639 cancelled
- NOAAORR-10162 · Spills2020-08-31 → 2020-09-14On 29-Aug-2020, the FV saami ran aground on kulichkof rocks in sitka sound
- NOAAORR-10157 · Spills2020-08-27 → 2020-09-10Crawfish inlet, sitka, ak
- NAVAREA XII 291/20 · Other2020-07-04 → 2020-07-06Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ and gotham services inoperative
- NAVAREA XII 284/20 · Nav aids2020-06-29 → 2020-06-29Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unreliable
- NOAAORR-10114 · Spills2020-06-28 → 2020-07-12Mutiny bay, wa
- NAVAREA XII 275/20 · Other2020-06-23 → 2020-06-26Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ and gotham services unreliable 260600Z…
- NAVAREA XII 273/20 · Nav aids2020-06-23 → 2020-06-23Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ and gotham services off air 260600Z jun…
- NAVAREA XII 264/20 · Nav aids2020-06-18 → 2020-06-19Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable
- NAVAREA XII 239/20 · Other2020-06-06 → 2020-06-07Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ services inoperable
- NOAAORR-10096 · Spills2020-06-02 → 2020-06-16Sunken pleasure craft matia island, wa; eastsound, wa 98245, USA
- NAVAREA XII 193/20 · Other2020-05-04 → 2020-05-07Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ services unreliable 061700Z thru 071900Z…
- NAVAREA XII 165/20 · Other2020-04-16 → 2020-04-17Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ services unreliable
- NOAAORR-10067 · Spills2020-04-08 → 2020-04-22F/V kathleen grounding; 20806 president point rd ne, kingston, wa 98346, USA
- NAVAREA XII 138/20 · Other2020-03-30 → 2020-04-02Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ services unreliable 020600Z thru 020759Z…
- NOAAORR-10063 · Spills2020-03-28 → 2020-04-11West seattle bridge - marina fire; 1317 sw spokane st, seattle, wa 98134, USA
- NOAAORR-10062 · Spills2020-03-27 → 2020-04-10Stikine channel, ak
- NOAAORR-10077 · Spills2020-03-23 → 2020-04-06Potential for collapse of the west seattle bridge; 3423 klickitat ave sw, seattle, wa 98134, USA
- NAVAREA XII 127/20 · Nav aids2020-03-19 → 2020-05-29Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 108/20 · Nav aids2020-03-13 → 2020-03-13Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unreliable
- NOAAORR-10047 · Spills2020-02-20 → 2020-03-05Recreational vessel sunk in anacortes skyline marina; 2400 skyline way, anacortes, wa 98221, USA
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.