Light, f wrg 14 meters 18 miles with sectors green 072-073, white 073-075, red 075-076 degrees, RACON (z)…
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 257/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-26 14:28Z
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 25/21 191519Z JAN 21.. Issued 2021-01-19 17:40Z. 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 28.724, 48.404. 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 257/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2021-01-19 17:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 25/21 191519Z JAN 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 28.724, 48.404
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. KUWAIT. DNC 10. LIGHT, F WRG 14 METERS 18 MILES WITH SECTORS GREEN 072-073, WHITE 073-075, RED 075-076 DEGREES, RACON (Z) ESTABLISHED IN 28-43.42N 048-24.25E.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
49 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93E2026-02-28
- Mooring buoy FL.Y.5S established in 28-42.31N 048-24.20E2025-02-07
- Al kubr light 29-04.30N 048-29.56E unlit2022-09-03
- Raz 26 buoy 27-35.60N 049-14.52E missing2019-12-25
- Al kubr light 29-04.3N 048-29.6E unlit2016-09-24
- Platform 27-16.0N 051-23.0E unlit2016-08-03
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
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 3 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 9.4 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 22.2 nm
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 22.5 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 34.1 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 34.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:41Z; 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.