Debris

Odas buoy 42039 adrift in vicinity 28-39-39N 086-14-47W at 061300Z mar

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 201/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-03-09 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 061505Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-06 15:17Z. 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 28.661, -86.246. 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

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.

  1. NAVAREA IV 192/212021-03-04 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 201/21 · this notice2021-03-06 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →

issued
2021-03-06 15:17Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-03-09 15:17Z
authority
NDBC 061505Z MAR 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NDBC
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
28.661, -86.246
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
   28-39-39N 086-14-47W AT 061300Z MAR.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 192/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 091517Z 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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

20 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 14:21Z; 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.