Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.9N 087-57.9W temporarily removed
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 341/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-04 18:16Z
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) · HONDURAS 261549Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-26 16:19Z. 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 15.865, -87.965. 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
- Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2021-04-26 16:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HONDURAS 261549Z APR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- HONDURAS
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 15.865, -87.965
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF HONDURAS. HONDURAS. CHART 28170. PUERTO CORTES ENTRANCE BUOY 15-51.9N 087-57.9W TEMPORARILY REMOVED.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
44 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 11 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
- Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedNav aids · 0 nm
- Punta sal light 15-55.5N 087-36.2W unlitNav aids · 21.2 nm
- Hunting cay, zapodilla cays light 16-06.5N 088-16.0W unlitNav aids · 22.7 nm
- Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlitNav aids · 23.1 nm
- East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlitNav aids · 37.3 nm
- Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlitNav aids · 84.2 nm
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlitNav aids · 100.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 07:19Z; 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.