Punta Laguna light at position 18-08.3 north 068-45.3 west is unlit.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 120/22
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · NAVAREA IV 4/22 031332Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-03 14:02Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 18.138, -68.755. 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
- 2022-02-03 14:02Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- NAVAREA IV 4/22 031332Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.138, -68.755
- nearest port
- Santo Domingo · 67 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CHART 25800. PUNTA LAGUNA LIGHT 18-08.3N 068-45.3W UNLIT.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
201 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 5 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 san juan (r) 18-27.00N 066-06.00W inoperative2026-09-16
- NAVTEX station san juan (r) 18-27.00N 066-06.00W off air2026-09-04
- Due to hurricane erin, lateral buoys removed: a. buoy 1 19-10.61N 069-16.51W2025-08-16
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlit2024-11-06
- Uscg remote communication facility san juan (r) 18-27.00N 066-06.00W transmit and receive services off air…2024-03-23
- Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlit2023-11-28
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
- Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlitNav aids · 37.6 nm
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlitNav aids · 66.8 nm
- Due to hurricane erin, lateral buoys removed: a. buoy 1 19-10.61N 069-16.51WNav aids · 66.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
147 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:37Z; 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.