Nav aids

Eastern North Pacific El Salvador

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 472/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-03-10 16:24Z

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) · EL SALVADOR 071323Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-07 13:38Z. 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 13.157, -87.827. 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: 2021-09-07 13:38Z
status: Archived notice
authority: EL SALVADOR 071323Z SEP 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: EL SALVADOR
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 13.157, -87.827
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC
EL SALVADOR.
CHART 21520
BUOYS NO 1 AND NO 2 13-09.4N 087-49.6W OFF
STATION.

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.
Off station / missing buoy: A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.

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

16 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 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.

Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlit2025-01-02
Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removed2023-08-04
Odas buoy established in 15-42.30N 088-36.80W2023-07-19
El Salvador2022-09-27
Puerto de la union 16 buoy 13-20.36N 087-48.99W unlit2022-09-27
Buoy 13-55-18N 090-47-53W temporarily removed2022-04-06

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

Puerto de la union 16 buoy 13-20.36N 087-48.99W unlitNav aids · 11 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:47Z; 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.