Debris

Noaa buoy 46078 adrift in 56-00-52N 152-30-40W at 220001Z nov

Gulf of Alaska · NAVAREA XII 391/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-11-25 02:12Z

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) · CHAD POOL 220157Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-22 02:12Z. 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: Gulf of Alaska. The parsed report position is 56.014, -152.511. 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 Gulf of Alaska →

issued: 2015-11-22 02:12Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2015-11-25 02:12Z
authority: CHAD POOL 220157Z NOV 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: CHAD POOL
sea: Gulf of Alaska
position: 56.014, -152.511
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
GULF OF ALASKA.
1. NOAA BUOY 46078 ADRIFT IN 56-00-52N 152-30-40W
   AT 220001Z NOV. UPDATED POSITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT:
   http:www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46078.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250212Z NOV 15.

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.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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

2 within 180 nm since 2015 · 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.

Odas buoy 46001 adrift in vicinity 56-14-16N 147-46-41W at 100900Z dec2021-12-10

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

Weather fax services off air at uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00WNav aids · 105.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:44Z; 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.