Nav aids

A buoy is established in the Bay of Bengal off India at 14-05.21N 080-28.50E.

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1237/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-04-24 16:53Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 14.087, 80.475. 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 Bengal →

issued: 2026-04-24 16:53Z
status: Listed in force
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 14.087, 80.475
nearest port: Madras · 60 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 14-05.21N 080-28.50E.

Reading this warning

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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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

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

90 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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.

NAVTEX station porto novo (o) in 11-30.25N 079-46.20E off air until 10 sep2026-09-09
RACON at pondicherry light 11-54.99N 079-49.85E inoperative2026-01-14
RACON (k) 15-02.70N 080-02.97E inoperative2024-09-13
Nagayalanka light 15-47.11N 080-59.22E unlit2023-05-02
NAVTEX station porto novo (o) 11-30.20N 079-46.20E off air 110030Z to 121230Z apr2023-04-10
RACON at narasapur light 16-19.02N 081-43.55E inoperative2022-08-09

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

Hazardous operations 290830Z to 290930Z sep in area bound by 13-07.02N 080-18.01E, 13-14.90N 080-25.98E,…Exercises · 54.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:03Z; 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.