Nav aids

Old Bahama Channel, Cuba: Cayo Fragoso Light at 22-48.40N 079-34.70W is unreliable.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1059/23

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · CUBA 10/23 132000Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-13 21:03Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 22.807, -79.578. 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 Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2023-09-13 21:03Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: CUBA 10/23 132000Z SEP 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: CUBA
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 22.807, -79.578
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
CUBA.
CAYO FRAGOSO LIGHT 22-48.40N 079-34.70W UNRELIABLE.

Reading this warning

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.

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

120 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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.

NAVTEX station miami (a) 25-30.00N 080-23.00W inoperative2026-09-06
NAVTEX station miami (a) 25-30.00N 080-23.00W off air2026-08-18
NAVTEX station miami (a) 25-30.00N 080-23.00W inoperative2026-08-02
Los ballenatos light, fl w 10 sec 8 meters 8 miles, established in 21-34.71N 081-38.30W2024-12-11
Cayo confites light 22-11.30N 077-39.70W unlit2024-09-02
Cayo fragoso light 22-48.40N 079-34.70W unreliable2024-07-30

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 22:35Z; 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.