Nav aids

In the Bay of Biscay, France, the Ile d'Yeu main light at 46-43.04N 002-22.92W has reduced range.

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 758/24

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) · AVURNAV BREST 102/24 102318Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-11 00:21Z. 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: Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 46.717, -2.382. 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: 2024-04-11 00:21Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: AVURNAV BREST 102/24 102318Z APR 24.
issued by: AVURNAV BREST
sea: Bay of Biscay
position: 46.717, -2.382
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
FRANCE.
DNC 08.
ILE D'YEU MAIN LIGHT 46-43.04N 002-22.92W
RANGE REDUCED.

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.

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

258 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 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.

Aids to navigation2026-08-29
Les pierres noires lighthouse 48-18.60N 004-54.80W unlit2026-08-29
NAVTEX station corsen (w) 48-28.00N 005-03.00W off air2024-09-01
Le stiff light 48-28.46N 005-03.37W unlit2024-07-22
Temporary buoy with acoustic recorder established in 47-04.24N 003-19.81W until 25 may2024-05-09
Ile vierge light 48-38.30N 004-34.10W unlit2024-05-03

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 2026-10-02 03:01Z; 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.