Nav aids

The radar beacon at Dalma buoy in the Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, is inoperative at 24-32.51N 052-27.85E.

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1883/26

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 2026-06-30 14:20Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 24.542, 52.464. 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: 2026-06-30 14:20Z
status: Listed in force
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 24.542, 52.464
nearest port: Doha · 67 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
U.A.E.
RACON AT DALMA BUOY 24-32.51N 052-27.85E
INOPERATIVE.

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.
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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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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

87 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 in the last 12 months · 5 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
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
Zaqqum buoy 25-06.56N 053-25.06E unlit2023-05-23
Tss buoy no 4 25-22.18N 053-10.99E missing2022-12-06

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

12.9 meter depths reported in borouge channel 24-09.00N 052-45.20EWrecks · 28.3 nm
Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 42 nm
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 62.1 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 85.2 nm
Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 100.8 nm
Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 102.3 nm
Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 104.4 nm
Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 114.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:02Z; 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.