Debris

Buoy 42020 adrift in vicinity 26-56.08N 096-42.85W at 110803Z oct

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 1173/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-10-14 10:06Z

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) · NDBC 0/23 110940Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-11 10:09Z. 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: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 26.935, -96.714. 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: 2023-10-11 10:09Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-10-14 10:06Z
authority: NDBC 0/23 110940Z OCT 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: NDBC
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 26.935, -96.714
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO.
TEXAS.
1. BUOY 42020 ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   26-56.08N 096-42.85W AT 110803Z OCT.
   UPDATED POSITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT:
   WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/NWS_SPECIAL/42020.TXT
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141006Z OCT 23.

Reading this warning

Off station / missing buoy: A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

5 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.

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

Dangerous wreck in 25-14.24N 097-07.72WWrecks · 104.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:24Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.