Shoals reported: 1. 8.07 meters in 15-57-58N 088-18-20W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1155/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-27 13:37Z
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) · GUATEMALA 9/20 271340Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-26 13:56Z. 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 15.964, -88.297. 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
- 2020-11-26 13:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- GUATEMALA 9/20 271340Z NOV 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- GUATEMALA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 15.964, -88.297
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF HONDURAS. GUATEMALA. SHOALS REPORTED: 1. 8.07 METERS IN 15-57-58N 088-18-20W. 2. 6.35 METERS IN 15-58-00N 088-18-23W. 3. 6.44 METERS IN 15-58-14N 088-18-01W. 4. 6.96 METERS IN 15-57-14N 088-16-50W. 5. 9.52 METERS IN 15-56-54N 088-16-43W. 6. 9.75 METERS IN 15-58-33N 088-18-30W.
Reading this warning
- Shoal / reported depth
- Water shallower than the chart shows — a newly found shoal, a reported depth, or less water than charted.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions
7 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Dangerous wreck in 16-27.53N 088-23.80W2022-07-19
- Dangerous wreck in 16-30.67N 088-21.94W2018-03-09
- Dangerous wreck in 17-20-38N 088-11-55W2018-02-28
- Dangerous wreck in 17-21-16N 088-11-53W2018-02-28
- M/V cfs pagola aground in 17-20.20N 088-02.40W2017-06-08
- M/V transfer aground vicinity 17-24.16N 087-27.55W2006-10-30
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
- Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlitNav aids · 8.7 nm
- Hunting cay, zapodilla cays light 16-06.5N 088-16.0W unlitNav aids · 8.9 nm
- East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlitNav aids · 19 nm
- Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedNav aids · 20 nm
- Punta sal light 15-55.5N 087-36.2W unlitNav aids · 40.1 nm
- Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlitNav aids · 86.5 nm
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlitNav aids · 101.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:03Z; source collection times vary.
Wrecks
Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →
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.