Cable ops

Due to the passage of hurricane rita, aids to navigation, structures or platforms in the gulf of mexico and…

NAVAREA IV 310/05

issued: 2005-09-25 19:17Z
status: cancelled 2005-11-09 16:54Z (archive)
authority: USCGD EIGHT 0513-05, 251408Z SEP 05
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE RITA, AIDS TO NAVIGATION,
STRUCTURES OR PLATFORMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
SURROUNDING WATERS, MAY BE DAMAGED, DESTROYED OR SUBMERGED.
LIGHTED AND UNLIGHTED BUOYS MAY MOVE FROM ASSIGNED POSITIONS,
BE DAMAGED, EXTINGUISHED, SINK, OR OTHERWISE MADE INOPERATIVE.
MARINERS SHOULD NOT RELY COMPLETELY UPON THE POSITION OR
OPERATION OF AN AID TO NAVIGATION IN THESE AREAS, BUT SHOULD
ALSO EMPLOY SUCH OTHER METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION AS MAY
BE AVAILABLE. WRECKS AND SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTIONS MAY MOVE FROM
CHARTED LOCATIONS AND PIPELINES MAY BECOME UNCOVERED OR MOVE DUE
TO THE FORCE OF STORM SURGE. MARINERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION AND REPORT ALL AIDS TO NAVIGATION DISCREPANCIES TO THE
NEAREST COAST GUARD UNIT.

Timeline

NAVAREA IV messages in force 090800Z nov 2005cancelled by · 2005-11-09

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 cable & pipeline work in force · see all

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.