Debris

Noaa buoy 46006 adrift in 40-43-50N 136-30-05W

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 333/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-12-19 00:00Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · CCGD11 121853Z DEC 06.. Issued 2006-12-12 19:40Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 40.731, -136.501. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2006-12-12 19:40Z
status: Archived notice
authority: CCGD11 121853Z DEC 06.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 40.731, -136.501
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. NOAA BUOY 46006 ADRIFT IN 40-43-50N 136-30-05W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 19 DEC.

Reading this warning

Off station / missing buoy: A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.

Nine foot buoy adrift vicinity 40-58.7N 135-16.5W2014-05-02
Buoy 46006 adrift vicinity 40-44-55N 137-11-35W at 061842Z jan2013-01-06
Odas buoy 46006 adrift vicinity 40-49N 137-22W at 202000Z apr2003-04-20
Odas buoy 46059 adrift in 38-09N 136-01W2003-03-06

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

Messaging services unreliable at uscg remote communication facilities: a. pt reyes (c) 37-55.50N 122-43.90WNav aids · 101.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:28Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.