Nav aids

Roca Partida light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, is unlit.

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 278/21

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) · MEXICO IV 36/21 012353Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-02 00:44Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 18.705, -95.188. 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 Gulf of Mexico →

issued: 2021-04-02 00:44Z
status: Listed in force
authority: MEXICO IV 36/21 012353Z APR 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MEXICO IV
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 18.705, -95.188
nearest port: Coatzacoalcos · 56 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

BAY OF CAMPECHE.
MEXICO.
CHART 28310.
ROCA PARTIDA LIGHT 18-42-17N 095-11-18W 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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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

52 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 3 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.

Santiaguillo light 19-08.56N 095-48.48W unlit2025-01-16
Morro ayutla light 15-52.5N 095-46.9W unlit2021-10-30
Chiltepec light 18-26.4N 093-05.8W unlit2021-08-31
Punta zapotitlan light 18-31.5N 094-48.1W unreliable2021-04-27
Tonala light 18-12-45N 094-08-00W unlit2021-04-02
Isla de enmedio light 19-06.1N 095-56.3W unreliable2020-01-30

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

Santiaguillo light 19-08.56N 095-48.48W unlitNav aids · 43.9 nm
Tonala light 18-12-45N 094-08-00W unlitNav aids · 67 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:06Z; 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.