Debris

Odas buoy 46060 adrift in vicinity 60-35-22N 148-01-52W at 100001Z aug

Gulf of Alaska · NAVAREA XII 398/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-08-13 03:05Z

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) · NDBC 100204Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-10 03:05Z. 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 60.589, -148.031. 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: 2021-08-10 03:05Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-08-13 03:05Z
authority: NDBC 100204Z AUG 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: NDBC
sea: Gulf of Alaska
position: 60.589, -148.031
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ALASKA.
ALASKA.
1. ODAS BUOY 46060 ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   60-35-22N 148-01-52W AT 100001Z AUG.
   UPDATED POSITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT:
   WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/nws_special/46060.txt.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130305Z AUG 21.

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 2014 · 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.

Noaa buoy 46081 adrift in 60-45-51N 148-19-08W at 180530Z jun2014-06-18

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

601 port ave, seward, ak 99664, USASpills · 50.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:41Z; 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.