In Gulf of Mexico near Cuba, La Tabla and Zorrita lights changed to flashing white: 5 and 7 seconds, 11 meters, 12 miles.
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 132/23
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) · CUBA 0/23 021842Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-02 20:36Z. 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 22.337, -84.623. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cubacancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2023-02-02 20:36Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- CUBA 0/23 021842Z FEB 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- CUBA
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 22.337, -84.623
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. CUBA. CHART 27100 1. LA TABLA LIGHT 22-18.20N 084-39.90W CHANGED TO FL W 5 SEC 11 METERS 12 MILES. 2. ZORRITA LIGHT 22-22.30N 084-34.90W CHANGED TO FL W 7 SEC 11 METERS 12 MILES. 3. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 54/23.
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.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
33 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
- Los ballenatos light, fl w 10 sec 8 meters 8 miles, established in 21-34.71N 081-38.30W2024-12-11
- Cabo de san antonio light, fl (2) w 10 sec 31 meters 26 miles established in 21-52.00N 084-57.10W2024-01-31
- 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
- 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
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:15Z; 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.