Nav aids

Punta Sal light at 15-55.5N 087-36.2W is unlit in the Gulf of Honduras.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1003/21

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) · HONDURAS 040259Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-04 03:08Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 13:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 15.925, -87.603. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2021-11-04 03:08Z
status: Listed in force
authority: HONDURAS 040259Z NOV 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: HONDURAS
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 15.925, -87.603
nearest port: Tela · 12 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

GULF OF HONDURAS.
HONDURAS.
CHART 28171.
PUNTA SAL LIGHT 15-55.5N 087-36.2W 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

43 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 10 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.

Lights unlit: a. punta izopo 15-50.90N 087-22.50W2025-07-03
Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlit2025-01-30
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
Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlit2024-06-21
Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlit2023-12-04

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 cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedNav aids · 21.2 nm
Hunting cay, zapodilla cays light 16-06.5N 088-16.0W unlitNav aids · 39.8 nm
Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlitNav aids · 40.4 nm
East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlitNav aids · 54.7 nm
Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlitNav aids · 76.9 nm
Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlitNav aids · 93 nm
Lights unlit: a. punta izopo 15-50.90N 087-22.50WNav aids · 106.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:41Z; 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.