Ra's tannurah buoy 27-06.0N 050-57.5E RACON unreliable
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 671/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-06-01 11:38Z
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 51/15 2709000Z FEB 15.. Issued 2015-02-27 12:44Z. 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 27.100, 50.958. 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 671/15 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2015-02-27 12:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 51/15 2709000Z FEB 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 27.100, 50.958
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. DNC 10. CHART 62531. RA'S TANNURAH BUOY 27-06.0N 050-57.5E RACON UNRELIABLE.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
97 within 180 nm since 1998 · 6 in the last 12 months · 6 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
- RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperative2026-06-30
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93E2026-02-28
- 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
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
- Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 58.9 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 59.2 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 59.5 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 59.8 nm
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 69.5 nm
- Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 73.5 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 75.3 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 88.6 nm
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 104.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:38Z; 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.