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
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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
- NAVAREA XII 65/20 · Other2020-02-19 → 2020-02-20Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ services unreliable
- NOAAORR-10044 · Spills2020-02-07 → 2020-02-21Port orchard, wa
- NAVAREA XII 44/20 · Other2020-02-03 → 2020-02-04Commdet kodiak, ak remote site point higgins 55-27N 131-49W 4125KHZ services unreliable 041800Z to 042000Z feb
- NOAAORR-10022 · Spills2019-12-15 → 2019-12-29On december 15, 2019, noaa erd was notified of an allision between a 741-foot lpg carrier and a pier in…
- NAVAREA XII 609/19 · Nav aids2019-12-02 → 2019-12-02Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unconfirmed
- NOAAORR-10012 · Spills2019-11-16 → 2019-11-30Crowley barge 650-2 crude oil spill; anacortes, wa
- NOAAORR-10007 · Spills2019-11-12 → 2019-11-26Strait island, ak
- NOAAORR-9995 · Spills2019-10-21 → 2019-11-04Monday, october 21, 2019 at 1500 pdt - noaa erd was notified of a 55-foot fishing vessel that sank near…
- NOAAORR-9982 · Spills2019-10-04 → 2019-10-18West bay marina, olympia, wa
- NAVAREA XII 463/19 · Nav aids2019-09-25 → 2019-10-18Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W inoperative
- NAVAREA XII 350/19 · Nav aids2019-08-06 → 2019-08-07Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unusable
- NOAAORR-9942 · Spills2019-07-29 → 2019-08-12Port orchard railway marina, wa
- NOAAORR-9940 · Spills2019-07-25 → 2019-08-08Admiralty island, alaska
- NOAAORR-9939 · Spills2019-07-23 → 2019-08-06Hood canal, wa
- NAVAREA XII 304/19 · Nav aids2019-07-17 → 2019-08-18Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unreliable
- NOAAORR-9929 · Spills2019-06-29 → 2019-07-13Olympic tug and barge grounding; marginal way s, seattle, wa 98134, USA
- NAVAREA XII 243/19 · Nav aids2019-06-27 → 2019-06-28Gustavus dgps station 58-25.1N 135-41.8W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 242/19 · Nav aids2019-06-27 → 2019-06-28Biorka dgps station 56-51.3N 135-32.4W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 241/19 · Nav aids2019-06-27 → 2019-06-27Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unreliable
- NAVAREA XII 213/19 · Nav aids2019-06-12 → 2019-06-17Annette island dgps station 55-04.1N 131-36.0W unusable 171600Z to 172200Z jun
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.