Zaqqum buoy 25-06.56N 053-25.06E unlit
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1725/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-06 15:53Z
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 IX 214/23 231510Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-23 15:27Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.109, 53.418. 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 HYDROPAC 1725/23 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2023-05-23 15:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 214/23 231510Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.109, 53.418
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. DNC 10. ZAQQUM BUOY 25-06.56N 053-25.06E 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
99 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
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)2026-03-03
- 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
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 0 nm
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 29 nm
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 41.1 nm
- RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 62.1 nm
- 12.9 meter depths reported in borouge channel 24-09.00N 052-45.20EWrecks · 68.1 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 95.3 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 99.9 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 104.1 nm
- Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 106.1 nm
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 114.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 16:58Z; 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.