Nav aids

Nga chart 21180 (1ST ed)

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 198/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-04-27 10:51Z

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 118/11 141832Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-15 08:49Z. 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 28.315, -115.595. 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
2011-05-15 08:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MEXICO XII 118/11 141832Z MAY 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
MEXICO XII
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
28.315, -115.595
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MEXICO.
NGA CHART 21180 (1ST ED).
RACON AT ISLAS SAN BENITO LIGHT 28-18.9N 115-35.7W INOPERATIVE.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.
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

11 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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24

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:33Z; 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.