Nav aids

Los Ballenatos Light in Cuba, flashing white every 10 seconds, visible for 8 miles, established at 21-34.71N 081-38.30W.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1553/24

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 2024-12-11 15:18Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 13:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 21.578, -81.638. 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: 2024-12-11 15:18Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 21.578, -81.638
nearest port: Nueva Gerona · 67 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
CUBA.
LOS BALLENATOS LIGHT, FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS
8 MILES, ESTABLISHED IN 21-34.71N 081-38.30W.

Reading this warning

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.

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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

19 within 180 nm since 2017 · 1 in the last 12 months · 2 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
Cayo fragoso light 22-48.40N 079-34.70W unreliable2024-07-30
El pinto light, fl w 15 sec 11 meters 12 miles established in 22-18.30N 084-40.10W2023-12-04
Punta maya light 023-05.60N 081-28.50W unreliable2023-11-17
Cayo fragoso light 22-48.40N 079-34.70W unreliable2023-09-13
Zorrita light 22-22.30N 084-34.90W changed to fl w 7 sec 11 meters 12 miles2023-02-02

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

Carapachibey light 021-26.90N 082-55.40W unlitNav aids · 72.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:31Z; 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.