Nav aids

Lights established: a. range light front, iso r 6 sec 9 miles in 17-50-06.2N 077-09-43.6W

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1019/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-11-17 17:15Z

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) · JAMAICA COAST GUARD 14/16 012012Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-02 14:00Z. 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: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 17.836, -77.165. 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: 2016-12-02 14:00Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JAMAICA COAST GUARD 14/16 012012Z DEC 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: JAMAICA COAST GUARD
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 17.836, -77.165
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
JAMAICA.
CHART 26127.
LIGHTS ESTABLISHED:
A. RANGE LIGHT FRONT, ISO R 6 SEC 9 MILES IN
   17-50-06.2N 077-09-43.6W.
B. RANGE LIGHT REAR, ISO R 6 SEC 9 MILES IN
   17-50-16.5N 077-10-03.0W.
LIGHTS IN LINE BEARING 299.6 DEGREES.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Light characteristic: The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
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.

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

12 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Portland ridge light 17-44.50N 077-09.50W unlit2022-05-07
Kingston entrance buoy no 4 17-54-45N 076-46-22W off station2021-02-02
Portland ridge light 17-44.5N 077-09.5W unlit2020-10-12
Discovery bay 1 buoy 18-29.9N 077-38.5W off station2020-07-06
Morro de cuba light 19-58.1N 075-52.1W range temporarily reduced to seven miles2017-07-08
South negril point light 18-15.0N 078-21.6W unlit2016-01-12

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

Portland ridge light 17-44.50N 077-09.50W unlitNav aids · 5.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:48Z; 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.