Aids to navigation for the approach to st john's harbor (17-07.6N 061-51.7W) are unreliable
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1049/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-23 14:38Z
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) · ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 051228Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-05 12:33Z. 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 17.127, -61.862. 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
- 2019-12-05 12:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 051228Z DEC 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 17.127, -61.862
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. CHART 25575. AIDS TO NAVIGATION FOR THE APPROACH TO ST JOHN'S HARBOR (17-07.6N 061-51.7W) ARE UNRELIABLE. MARINERS IN VICINITY ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT AND EXERCISE CAUTION.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
42 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensity2026-09-18
- Ilet gosier lighthouse 16-11.91N 061-29.45W at reduced intensity2026-09-04
- Tree tunks adrift in 16-15.36N 061-49.14W at 261102Z may2024-05-26
- Red flare sighted in vicinity 16-04.99N 062-23.65W at 200115Z feb2024-02-20
- Tree trunk adrift in vicinity 18-14.46N 062-27.46W at 031526Z dec2023-12-04
- Phare de la caravelle light 14-46.33N 060-52.91W at reduced intensity2023-11-25
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
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 59.7 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 71.3 nm
- Anchoring prohibited until further notice in area bound by 18-13.60N 063-04.15W, 18-13.60N 063-04.70W,…Other · 95.7 nm
- Kitts and nevisSpills · 95.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:44Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.