Nav aids

Cayo Noroeste light in Venezuela is unlit; navigational warning 1387/25 is cancelled.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1391/25

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). Issued 2025-12-17 23:35Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 11.222, -68.438. 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: 2025-12-17 23:35Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 11.222, -68.438
nearest port: Puerto Cabello · 52 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
VENEZUELA.
1. CAYO NOROESTE LIGHT 11-13.31N 068-26.28W UNLIT.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1387/25.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

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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

55 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 in the last 12 months · 9 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.

Guaranao light 11-40.00N 070-12.80W unlit2026-08-17
Cable buoy established in 12-28.30N 069-45.10W2026-07-26
Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlit2026-05-15
Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlit2025-10-31
La guaira light 10-36.25N 066-56.71W established2025-07-29
Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 miles2025-06-19

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

Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 47.7 nm
Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 56.5 nm
Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlitNav aids · 67.9 nm
La guaira light 10-36.25N 066-56.71W establishedNav aids · 95.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:13Z; 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.