Nav aids

Nga chart 28142 (5TH ed)

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 178/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-08-27 09:08Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · JAVIER DIAZ 241553Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-05-24 16:53Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 16.025, -86.010. 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: 2011-05-24 16:53Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JAVIER DIAZ 241553Z MAR 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: JAVIER DIAZ
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 16.025, -86.010
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
HONDURAS.
NGA CHART 28142 (5TH ED).
PUNTA CAXINAS LIGHT 16-01.5N 086-00.6W UNLIT.

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

38 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 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.

Lights unlit: a. punta izopo 15-50.90N 087-22.50W2025-07-03
Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlit2025-01-30
Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlit2025-01-02
East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlit2024-09-13
Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlit2024-06-21
Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlit2023-12-04

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

Lights unlit: a. punta izopo 15-50.90N 087-22.50WNav aids · 16 nm
Punta sal light 15-55.5N 087-36.2W unlitNav aids · 92.2 nm
Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlitNav aids · 112.5 nm
Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedNav aids · 113.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:58Z; 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.