Natal light 05-47.71S 035-11.12W unlit until 24 sep
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 683/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-31 22:12Z
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 166/23 282038Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-28 23:09Z. 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 -5.795, -35.185. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 124/23, 683/23 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-03-28 23:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-09-25 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL 166/23 282038Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -5.795, -35.185
- 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. NATAL LIGHT 05-47.71S 035-11.12W UNLIT UNTIL 24 SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250001Z SEP 23.
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
249 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 in the last 12 months · 3 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.
- Yellow light mooring buoy established temporarily in 04-35.70S 037-02.79W2026-08-29
- Ponta da gameleira light 05-13.19S 035-25.37W unlit until 15 feb 272026-08-19
- Odas buoy established in 05-09.46S 035-09.81W2026-05-13
- Odas buoy bravo rn-l temporarily established until 20 oct in 04-53.00S 035-46.01W2026-05-08
- Tamandare light 08-45.57S 035-06.08W unlit until 02 nov2026-05-07
- Ponta de pedras light 07-37.7S 034-48.7W unlit until 03 nov2024-05-08
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 established in 05-09.46S 035-09.81WNav aids · 38.3 nm
- Odas buoy bravo rn-l temporarily established until 20 oct in 04-53.00S 035-46.01WNav aids · 64.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:22Z; 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.