Odas buoy 46059 adrift in 38-09N 136-01W
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 66/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-06 18:42Z
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) · RCC ALAMEDA POR EGC#126 061155Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-06 14:00Z. 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 38.150, -136.017. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Derelict nine meter M/V, white hull, adrift vicinity 11-28N 096-49Wlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-03-06 14:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA POR EGC#126 061155Z MAR 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA POR
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 38.150, -136.017
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. ODAS BUOY 46059 ADRIFT IN 38-09N 136-01W. REPORT SIGHTINGS TO RCC ALAMEDA, TELEX: 2301 72343, PHONE: 510 437 3701. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 13 MAR.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
6 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
- Earthquake with magnitude of 7.1 has occurred off noto hanto (37-30N 137-15W) at 250042Z mar2007-03-25
- Noaa buoy 46006 adrift in 40-43-50N 136-30-05W2006-12-12
- Odas buoy 46006 adrift vicinity 40-49N 137-22W at 202000Z apr2003-04-20
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:00Z; 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.