Odas buoy 42039 adrift in vicinity 28-44-24N 086-04-48W at 032300Z mar
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 192/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-03-06 15:17Z
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) · NDBC 040819Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-04 08:24Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 28.740, -86.080. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Odas buoy 42039 adrift in vicinity 28-39-39N 086-14-47W at 061300Z marlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 192/21 · this notice2021-03-04 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 201/212021-03-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2021-03-04 08:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-03-07 08:24Z
- authority
- NDBC 040819Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- NDBC
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.740, -86.080
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. FLORIDA. 1. ODAS BUOY 42039 ADRIFT IN VICINITY 28-44-24N 086-04-48W AT 032300Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070824Z MAR 21.
Reading this warning
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Odas buoy 42039 adrift in vicinity 28-39-39N 086-14-47W at 061300Z mar2021-03-06
- Odas buoy 42040 adrift in vicinity 29-10-53N 088-26-03W at 150700Z sep2020-09-15
- Odas buoy 42003 adrift in vicinity 25-55-11N 085-28-49W at 140102Z may2017-05-14
- 1.5 meter long yellow object adrift in vicinity 27-39.3N 089-14.1W at 071051Z jan2017-01-18
- Noaa buoy 42040 adrift in 29-10-11N 088-08-27W at 221842Z jan2016-01-22
- Noaa buoy 42S13 adrift vicinity 25-52N 085-43W at 250700Z oct2015-10-25
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:26Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.