Nav aids

Nga chart 63040 (2ND ed)

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2366/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-06-11 09:19Z

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 229/09 151130Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-16 16:53Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 25.188, 64.690. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2009-12-16 16:53Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 229/09 151130Z DEC 09.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 25.188, 64.690
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NGA CHART 63040 (2ND ED).
ORMARA LIGHT 25-11.3N 064-41.4E UNLIT.

Reading this warning

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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

22 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.

Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missing2026-08-01
Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlit2026-06-20
Manora breakwater light 24-46.74N 066-58.96E unlit2026-03-28
Ormara light 25-11.32N 064-41.26E unlit2024-08-27
Khuddi island light 24-33.6N 067-13.1E unlit2022-03-07
Two unlit bouys temporarily established until 04 mar in areas bound by a. 24-42.30N 066-47.00E, 24-43.70N…2022-02-20

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

Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlitNav aids · 0.3 nm
Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…Exercises · 4.3 nm
Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…Exercises · 105.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:29Z; 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.