Nav aids

Brazil-south Coast

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 441/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-10-19 10:28Z

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 S 261/12 280025Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-28 01:38Z. 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 -32.977, -52.558. 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: 2012-02-28 01:38Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA V S 261/12 280025Z FEB 12.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V S
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -32.977, -52.558
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
CHART 24080
RACON AT VERGA LIGHT 32-58.6S 052-33.5W INOPERATIVE.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

120 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

Sarita light 32-37.81S 052-25.76W unlit until 07 mar 272026-09-09
Radiobeacon at chui light 33-44.6S 053-22.5W off air until 17 jan 272026-07-22
Odas buoy temporarily established in 32-14.29S 051-58.16W2026-06-27
Odas buoy temporarily established in 32-32.46S 052-06.03W until 31 dec 272026-04-23
Chui light 33-44.60S 053-22.50W unlit until 12 feb 252024-08-17
Estreito light 31-52.88S 051-46.35W unlit until 09 dec2024-06-12

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

Odas buoy temporarily established in 32-14.29S 051-58.16WNav aids · 53.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:33Z; 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.