Yucatan Channel
21.82°, -85.65° · Gulf of Mexico · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 120 nm
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- issued · 30 d
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- transits / day · 7 d
- 51
- vs previous 7 d
- -2%
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IMF PortWatch, all vessel types; about two days behind. 16,416 transits in the latest PortWatch year.
In force within 120 nm · 3
Nav aids 2 · Surveys 1
- NAVAREA IV 783/26 · Surveys66.5 nm · 2026-08-12NAVAREA IV lists positions of mobile offshore drilling units as of August 12 at 14:40 UTC.
- NAVAREA IV 439/22 · Nav aids66.8 nm · 2022-05-07The Isla Contoy light at 21-31.60N 086-48.30W in the Yucatan Channel, Mexico, is unlit.
- NAVAREA IV 144/21 · Nav aids92.1 nm · 2021-02-16The light at Puerto Morelos in the western Caribbean Sea is unreliable.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Warning counts: seahazards.com archive since 1997, 157 within 120 nm. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.