In Kuwait, Persian Gulf, the meteorological tower at 28-46.0N 048-26.1E is temporarily replaced by a yellow buoy flashing 4 times every 15 seconds, 5 meters.
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 83/25
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 2025-01-13 13:17Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 28.767, 48.435. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2025-01-13 13:17Z
- status
- Listed in force
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 28.767, 48.435
- nearest port
- Ras al Khafji · 22 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. KUWAIT. DNC 10. MET TOWER 28-46.0N 048-26.1E TEMPORARILY REPLACED BY YELLOW BUOY, FL(4) 15 SEC 5M.
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.
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 · other warnings
20 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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.
- Sea farm established in area bound by 28-32.56N 050-54.67E, 28-32.56N 050-54.83E, 28-32.34N 050-54.83E,…2022-08-04
- Sunken buoy, three meters above seabed, in 26-47.39N 050-48.42E2020-12-05
- Ra's ol motaf lightfloat adrift in 27-32.6N 051-30.9E on 17 jan2013-01-17
- Kuwait2012-08-24
- Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 29-55.39N 048-30.85E,…2011-09-11
- 80 meter long pipe adrift in 27-22.0N 050-47.6E2011-01-10
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 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 7.6 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 19.8 nm
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 21.3 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 31 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 31.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 04:20Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.