Nav aids

In the Persian Gulf off Iran, an ODAS buoy was relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93E.

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 598/26

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 2026-02-28 03:55Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 28.827, 50.715. 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: 2026-02-28 03:55Z
status: Listed in force
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 28.827, 50.715
nearest port: Bushehr · 11 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
IRAN.
DNC 10.
ODAS BUOY RELOCATED TO 28-49.63N 050-42.93E.

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.
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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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

64 within 180 nm since 1998 · 4 in the last 12 months · 4 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
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
Bahrain light buoy 26-33.00N 051-03.59E unlit2022-05-24

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

Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 106.3 nm
Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 109.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 04:57Z; 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.