Nav aids

Buoy 16 at Puerto de La Union, El Salvador, at 13-20.36N 087-48.99W is unlit.

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 720/22

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) · EL SALVADOR 0/22 272201Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-27 22:11Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 21:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 13.339, -87.817. 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: 2022-09-27 22:11Z
status: Listed in force
authority: EL SALVADOR 0/22 272201Z SEP 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: EL SALVADOR
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 13.339, -87.817
nearest port: Corinto · 64 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
EL SALVADOR.
CHART 12529.
PUERTO DE LA UNION 16 BUOY 13-20.36N 087-48.99W UNLIT.

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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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 · aids-to-navigation notices

20 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 7 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
East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlit2024-09-13
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
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

El SalvadorNav aids · 119.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:26Z; 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.