RACON at safe water buoy bxa in 45-34.10N 001-26.63W inoperative
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2153/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-14 14:49Z
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) · AVURNAV BREST 448/22 310112Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-31 01:21Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 45.568, -1.444. 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 Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2022-08-31 01:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AVURNAV BREST 448/22 310112Z AUG 22.
- issued by
- AVURNAV BREST
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 45.568, -1.444
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BISCAY. FRANCE. DNC 08. RACON AT SAFE WATER BUOY BXA IN 45-34.10N 001-26.63W INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
20 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Temporary buoy with acoustic recorder established in 47-04.24N 003-19.81W until 25 may2024-05-09
- Ile d'yeu main light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W range reduced2024-04-11
- Ile de penfret light 47-43.30N 003-57.20W range reduced to 11 miles until 02 apr2024-04-01
- Ile de penfret light 47-43.30N 003-57.20W range reduced until 02 apr2024-04-01
- Ile de penfret light 47-43.30N 003-57.20W range reduced to 11 miles2024-03-31
- Pen-men light 47-38.90N 003-30.50W range reduced to 15 miles2023-11-22
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 03:16Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
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.