Nav aids

In the Persian Gulf, the Bahrain Light Buoy at 26-33.00N 051-03.59E is unlit.

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1455/22

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 IX 198/22 241545Z MAY 22.. Issued 2022-05-24 16:03Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.550, 51.060. 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 Persian Gulf →

issued: 2022-05-24 16:03Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 198/22 241545Z MAY 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 26.550, 51.060
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
BAHRAIN.
DNC 10.
BAHRAIN LIGHT BUOY 26-33.00N 051-03.59E 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.

All warning terms →

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

91 within 180 nm since 1998 · 6 in the last 12 months · 6 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.

Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90E2026-08-07
Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82E2026-07-26
RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperative2026-06-30
Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93E2026-02-28
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22E2026-02-23
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06E2025-10-05

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

Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 40.2 nm
Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 47.1 nm
Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 48 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 48.3 nm
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 48.4 nm
Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 50.4 nm
Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 56.2 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 58 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:52Z; 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.