Nav aids

The radar beacon at Rio Magdalena F-2 light at 11-06.40N 074-51.30W is inoperative.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 155/25

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 2025-02-06 03:37Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 11.107, -74.855. 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: 2025-02-06 03:37Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 11.107, -74.855
nearest port: Barranquilla · 10 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
COLOMBIA.
RACON AT RIO MAGDALENA F-2 LIGHT
11-06.40N 074-51.30W INOPERATIVE.

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.
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

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
Rosario island light 10-10.08N 075-48.03W changed to oc w 9 sec 14 meters 12 miles2024-09-01
Window of dreams light, oc w 4 sec, 65 meters, 20 miles, established in 11-00.09N 074-57.17W2023-12-19
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

Naval operations 290700Z to 291800Z sep in area bound by 10-18.00N 076-15.00W, 10-48.00N 076-15.00W,…Other · 78.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:34Z; 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.