A tropical storm closes the ports of Saipan at 15-11N 145-45E and Tinian at 15-00N 145-38E in the North Pacific Marianas until further notice.
Philippine Sea · NAVAREA XI 438/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · Japan Coast Guard (JHOD). Issued 2026-10-01 12:00Z. First collected 2026-10-01 12:21Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 12:21Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 15.092, 145.692. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2026-10-01 12:00Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 15.092, 145.692
- nearest port
- Saipan · 8 nm
- source
- Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · first seen 2026-10-01 12:21Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC, MARIANAS. DUE TO TROPICAL STORM, THE FOLLOWING PORTS ARE CLOSED, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. A. SAIPAN, 15-11N 145-45E. B. TINIAN, 15-00N 145-38E.
Reading this warning
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · tropical cyclone warnings
24 within 180 nm since 2018 · 5 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Due to tropical storm, the following ports are closed, until further notice2026-08-20
- Due to tropical storm saudel: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. saipan 15-11.00N 145-45.00E2026-08-20
- Due to tropical storm bavi: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. rota island 14-08.35N 145-08.09E2026-07-10
- Due to tropical storm sinlaku: 1. the following ports are closed: a. apra harbor (13-27.20N 144-39.21E)2026-04-12
- Due to typhoon bolaven: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. tinian 15-00N 145-38E2023-10-11
- Due to tropical storm bolaven: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. apra harbor 13-27N 144-37E2023-10-09
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- Due to tropical storm bavi: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. rota island 14-08.35N 145-08.09EStorms · 63.2 nm
- Uscg remote communication facility guam 13-29.00N 144-50.00E broadcast and communication services unreliableNav aids · 108.7 nm
- Guam hf NAVTEX station, V, 13-29.0N 144-50.0E, off airNav aids · 108.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 tropical cyclone warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:57Z; source collection times vary.
Storms
Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical storms: forecast cones from the U.S. National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, and the port closures NAVAREA coordinators broadcast for them. All current tropical cyclone warnings →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.