Nav aids

The light at Puerto Morelos in the western Caribbean Sea is unreliable.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 144/21

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) · MEXICO IV 21/21 161839Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-16 21:27Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 20.837, -86.917. 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: 2021-02-16 21:27Z
status: Listed in force
authority: MEXICO IV 21/21 161839Z FEB 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MEXICO IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 20.837, -86.917
nearest port: Playa del Carmen · 15 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
MEXICO.
CHART 28004.
PUERTO MORELOS LIGHT 20-50.2N 086-55.0W UNRELIABLE.

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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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

46 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 6 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.

Punta herrero light 19-18.76N 087-26.76W unlit2024-06-18
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
Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlit2023-12-04
Cabo san antonio light 21-52.00N 084-57.20W unreliable2023-08-10
Tulum light 20-12.68N 087-25.80W unlit2023-03-27

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

Isla contoy light 21-31.60N 086-48.30W unlitNav aids · 41.9 nm
Tulum light 20-12.68N 087-25.80W unlitNav aids · 47.4 nm
Punta allen light 19-47.1N 087-27.8W unlitNav aids · 70.2 nm
Punta herrero light 19-18.76N 087-26.76W unlitNav aids · 96.2 nm
NAVAREA IV mobile offshore drilling units positions at 241615Z sep: a. agosto 12 19-23.0N 092-03.1WSurveys · 110.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:27Z; 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.