Nav aids

Samiani island light 22-29.30N 069-05.20E unlit 17 mar until further notice

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 862/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-03-17 15:08Z

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 VIII 239/23 151009Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-15 11:08Z. 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 22.488, 69.087. 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: 2023-03-15 11:08Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VIII 239/23 151009Z MAR 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 22.488, 69.087
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF KACHCHH.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
SAMIANI ISLAND LIGHT 22-29.30N 069-05.20E UNLIT
17 MAR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.

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

144 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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.

Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missing2026-08-01
Manora breakwater light 24-46.74N 066-58.96E unlit2026-03-28
Karumbhar island light 22-26.32N 069-35.23E unlit2026-01-14
Mithapur buoy 22-24.75N 068-51.89E unlit2025-07-07
Channel buoys temporarily removed in: a. mithapur 22-24.89N 068-51.90E2025-04-04
North cardinal buoy 22-34.10N 069-18.35E missing2025-04-03

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 22:10Z; 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.