Nav aids

Racons inoperative at: 1. nga chart 62195 (6TH ed)

Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 1836/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-23 08:56Z

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 239/07 241000Z OCT 07.. Issued 2007-10-24 16:57Z. 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: Gulf of Suez. The parsed report position is 28.933, 32.976. 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 Gulf of Suez →

issued: 2007-10-24 16:57Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 239/07 241000Z OCT 07.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Suez
position: 28.933, 32.976
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RACONS INOPERATIVE AT:
1. NGA CHART 62195 (6TH ED).
   RAS RUAHMI LIGHT 28-43.20N 032-49.40E.
2. NGA CHART 62191 (15TH ED).
   RAS SHUKHEIR LIGHT 28-09.60N 033-20.40E.
3. NGA CHART 62194 (8TH ED).
   A. AIN SUKHNA LIGHT 29-39.50N 032-32.40E.
   B. QADD EL TAWILA LIGHT 29-47.90N 032-38.40E.
   C. RAS MUHAGGARA LIGHT 29-48.70N 032-28.30E.
4. NGA CHART 62188 (3RD ED).
   SHAKER ISLAND LIGHT 27-27.10N 034-02.30E.

Reading this warning

RACON (radar beacon): A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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

88 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:10Z; 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.