Window of Dreams light established in Caribbean Sea near Colombia at 11-00.09N 074-57.17W, white flash every 4 seconds, height 65 meters, range 20 miles.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1477/23
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 401/23 191513Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-19 15:59Z. 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 11.002, -74.953. 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
- 2023-12-19 15:59Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- COLOMBIA 401/23 191513Z DEC 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.002, -74.953
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. CHART 24480, 24490. WINDOW OF DREAMS LIGHT, OC W 4 SEC, 65 METERS, 20 MILES, ESTABLISHED IN 11-00.09N 074-57.17W.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
- 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
37 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Isla fuerte light 09-23.45N 076-10.68W unlit2026-09-07
- RACON at rio magdalena F-2 light 11-06.40N 074-51.30W inoperative2025-02-06
- Rosario island light 10-10.08N 075-48.03W changed to oc w 9 sec 14 meters 12 miles2024-09-01
- Riohacha light 11-32.58N 072-55.80W unlit2022-10-11
- Enap range lights, front and rear 10-23.3N 075-31.8W unlit2022-03-30
- Punta hermosa light 10-57.8N 075-01.1W unlit2020-11-12
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 15:19Z; 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.