Nav aids

Punta Zapotitlan light at 18-31.5N 094-48.1W in Bay of Campeche, Mexico is unreliable.

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 346/21

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MEXICO IV 41/21 272112Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-27 21:16Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 18.525, -94.802. 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: 2021-04-27 21:16Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: MEXICO IV 41/21 272112Z APR 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MEXICO IV
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 18.525, -94.802
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

BAY OF CAMPECHE.
MEXICO.
CHART 28310.
PUNTA ZAPOTITLAN LIGHT 18-31.5N 094-48.1W
UNRELIABLE.

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

51 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
Roca partida light 18-42-17N 095-11-18W unlit2021-04-02
Tonala light 18-12-45N 094-08-00W unlit2021-04-02
Xicalango light 18-37.6N 091-54.0W unlit2020-12-05

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

Roca partida light 18-42-17N 095-11-18W unlitNav aids · 24.5 nm
Tonala light 18-12-45N 094-08-00W unlitNav aids · 42.5 nm
Santiaguillo light 19-08.56N 095-48.48W unlitNav aids · 68.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 16:28Z; 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.