Nav aids

Cabo falso light 22-52.7N 109-57.6W unreliable

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 173/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-09-07 10:55Z

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) · MEXICO XII 33/18 251346Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-25 13:52Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 22.878, -109.960. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2018-04-25 13:52Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MEXICO XII 33/18 251346Z APR 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: MEXICO XII
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 22.878, -109.960
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MEXICO.
CHART 21120.
CABO FALSO LIGHT 22-52.7N 109-57.6W UNRELIABLE.

Reading this warning

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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

48 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

Boca del tule light 23-14.3N 109-26.4W unlit2022-04-15
Cabo san lucas range rear light 22-52-50N 109-54-55W unlit2021-04-02
Cabo san lucas range front light 22-52-51N 109-54-43W unlit2021-04-02
Golfo de california2021-02-16
Yameto light 24-47.0N 108-05.0W unlit2020-10-02
Isla san diego light 25-12-00N 110-42-12W unlit2020-09-23

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

Boca del tule light 23-14.3N 109-26.4W unlitNav aids · 36 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:28Z; 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.