The radar beacon at Cayo Cordoba lighthouse, 12-33.0N 081-41.3W in the western Caribbean Sea, Colombia, is discontinued.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1280/23
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) · COLOMBIA 354/23 031251Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-03 18:39Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 12.550, -81.688. 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
- 2023-11-03 18:39Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- COLOMBIA 354/23 031251Z NOV 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 12.550, -81.688
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. RACON AT CAYO CORDOBA LIGHTHOUSE 12-33.0N 081-41.3W DISCONTINUED.
Reading this warning
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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 · aids-to-navigation notices
47 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Hoyo soplador light, fl w 15 sec 20 meters 12 miles, established in 12-28.85N 081-43.83W2025-04-25
- Quita sueno bank light in 14-28.90N 081-07.32W changed to fl (2) w 6 sec 18 meters 12 miles2024-07-03
- Cayo roncador light 13-34.41N 080-05.51W unlit2024-04-17
- Quita sueno bank light in 14-28.90N 081-07.32W unlit2024-02-15
- Cove rojo lighthouse 12-30.95N 081-43.77W unlit2023-10-19
- Cayo bolivar light 12-24.00N 081-28.50W unlit2023-04-21
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
- Hoyo soplador light, fl w 15 sec 20 meters 12 miles, established in 12-28.85N 081-43.83WNav aids · 4.8 nm
- Cayo roncador light 13-34.41N 080-05.51W unlitNav aids · 111.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 10:43Z; 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.