In the western South Atlantic off Brazil, Garcia Davila Light at 12-34.65S 038-00.10W is unlit.
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 522/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA V COASTAL 141/24 131909Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-13 19:31Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -12.578, -38.002. 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
- 2024-03-13 19:31Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL 141/24 131909Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -12.578, -38.002
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL. DNC 01. GARCIA DAVILA LIGHT 12-34.65S 038-00.10W UNLIT.
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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
189 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Contas light 14-16.44S 038-59.15W unlit until 04 mar 252024-09-05
- Morro de sao paulo light 13-22.53S 038-54.92W unlit until 18 sep2024-03-23
- Peba light 10-29.50S 036-23.20W range reduced to 12 miles until 16 sep2024-03-20
- Radio beacon at sergipe light 10-58.16S 037-02.18W inoperative until 04 jun 242023-12-07
- Morro taipus light 13-57.35S 038-56.57W unlit2023-10-16
- Garcia davila light 12-34.70S 038-00.20W unlit until 11 mar 242023-09-14
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
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:46Z; 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.