Hazardous operations 08 thru 11 oct in area bound by 21-20.00N 086-30.00W, 21-20.00N 086-22.00W, 21-10.00N…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1030/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-10-12 00:01Z
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 IV 10/22 231339Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-10-04 03:22Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2022-10-04 03:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-10-12 00:01Z
- authority
- MEXICO IV 10/22 231339Z SEP 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MEXICO IV
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 21.250, -86.433
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. YUCATAN CHANNEL. MEXICO. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 08 THRU 11 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 21-20.00N 086-30.00W, 21-20.00N 086-22.00W, 21-10.00N 086-22.00W, 21-10.00N 086-30.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120001Z OCT 22.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
61 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar in area bound by 19-01.00N 087-25.00W, 19-01.00N 087-30.00W, 18-50.00N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar and 23 thru 28 apr in area bound by 19-50.00N 086-55.00W, 19-50.00N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar in area bound by 21-38.00N 086-36.50W, 21-38.00N 086-44.00W, 21-24.00N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 22 thru 27 oct in area bound by 21-38.00N 086-44.00W, 21-38.00N 086-36.50W, 21-24.00N…2023-10-18
- Hazardous operations 24 thru 29 sep in area bound by 19-50.00N 086-55.00W, 19-50.00N 087-00.00W, 19-38.00N…2023-09-21
- Hazardous operations 24 thru 29 sep in area bound by 19-01.00N 087-25.00W, 19-01.00N 087-30.00W, 18-50.00N…2023-09-21
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
- Isla contoy light 21-31.60N 086-48.30W unlitNav aids · 26.6 nm
- Puerto morelos light 20-50.2N 086-55.0W unreliableNav aids · 36.7 nm
- Tulum light 20-12.68N 087-25.80W unlitNav aids · 83.8 nm
- NAVAREA IV mobile offshore drilling units positions at 241615Z sep: a. agosto 12 19-23.0N 092-03.1WSurveys · 85.9 nm
- Punta allen light 19-47.1N 087-27.8W unlitNav aids · 105.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:47Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.