Nav aids

Cabo de San Antonio light in Cuba established at 21-52.00N 084-57.10W, flashing 2 white every 10 seconds, 31 meters high, visible 26 miles.

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 107/24

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 2/24 312200Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-31 22:02Z. 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: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 21.867, -84.952. 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 Gulf of Mexico →

issued: 2024-01-31 22:02Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: CUBA 2/24 312200Z JAN 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: CUBA
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 21.867, -84.952
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO.
CUBA.
CABO DE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, FL (2) W 10 SEC 31 METERS
26 MILES ESTABLISHED IN 21-52.00N 084-57.10W.

Reading this warning

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

35 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 in the last 12 months · 4 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.

Carapachibey light 021-26.90N 082-55.40W unlit2026-04-02
El pinto light, fl w 15 sec 11 meters 12 miles established in 22-18.30N 084-40.10W2023-12-04
Cabo san antonio light 21-52.00N 084-57.20W unreliable2023-08-10
Tulum light 20-12.68N 087-25.80W unlit2023-03-27
Zorrita light 22-22.30N 084-34.90W changed to fl w 7 sec 11 meters 12 miles2023-02-02
Cuba2023-01-13

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

NAVAREA IV mobile offshore drilling units positions at 241615Z sep: a. agosto 12 19-23.0N 092-03.1WSurveys · 59.8 nm
Isla contoy light 21-31.60N 086-48.30W unlitNav aids · 105.4 nm
Carapachibey light 021-26.90N 082-55.40W unlitNav aids · 115.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:21Z; 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.