Porto de pedras light 09-09.39S 035-17.89W unlit until 29 mar 24
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2226/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-30 00:01Z
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) · NAVAREA V COASTAL 551/23 012132Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-01 22:13Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -9.156, -35.298. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-10-01 22:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-30 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL 551/23 012132Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -9.156, -35.298
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL. DNC 01. 1. PORTO DE PEDRAS LIGHT 09-09.39S 035-17.89W UNLIT UNTIL 29 MAR 24. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300001Z MAR 24.
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.
- 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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
173 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Tamandare light 08-45.57S 035-06.08W unlit until 02 nov2026-05-07
- Maceio light 09-41.03S 035-43.38W unlit until 31 oct2026-05-04
- Ponta de pedras light 07-37.7S 034-48.7W unlit until 03 nov2024-05-08
- Peba light 10-29.50S 036-23.20W range reduced to 12 miles until 16 sep2024-03-20
- Baia da traicao light 06-40.53S 034-55.97W unlit until 28 jun 242023-12-31
- Radio beacon at sergipe light 10-58.16S 037-02.18W inoperative until 04 jun 242023-12-07
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
- Tamandare light 08-45.57S 035-06.08W unlit until 02 novNav aids · 26.5 nm
- Maceio light 09-41.03S 035-43.38W unlit until 31 octNav aids · 40.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:18Z; 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.