Nav aids

Puerto Montt Radio is off air, and Valparaiso Playa Ancha Radio will transmit via SafetyNet and SafetyCast.

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2250/26

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 2026-08-06 03:14Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -37.279, -72.287. 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 South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2026-08-06 03:14Z
status: Listed in force
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -37.279, -72.287
nearest port: Lota · 43 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
CHILE.
1. PUERTO MONTT RADIO 41-28.80S 072-57.70W
   OFF AIR.
2. VALPARAISO PLAYA ANCHA RADIO
   33-04.70S 071-36.80W WILL TRANSMIT
   VIA SAFETYNET AND SAFETYCAST.

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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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

74 within 180 nm since 2002 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

Dart 4G buoy 35-45.40S 075-17.25W missing2026-03-31
Dart buoy 4G 35-45.50S 075-14.40W temporarily removed2025-11-26
NAVTEX station talcahuano (c) 36-37.75S 073-07.01W off air2025-06-16
Cabo carranza light 35-33.60S 072-36.90W range reduced to 14 miles2025-02-03
NAVTEX station puerto montt (d) 41-47.06S 073-52.75W off air2024-09-04
Isla santa maria light 36-59.10S 073-32.10W unlit2024-08-05

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 21:45Z; 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.