Exercises

Hazardous operations continue in two areas in the Eastern Caribbean Sea off Venezuela until further notice.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 354/25

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). Issued 2025-03-25 00:16Z. 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: Caribbean Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2025-03-25 00:16Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 11.694, -63.799
nearest port: Cumana · 58 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
VENEZUELA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 10-59.88N 064-17.05W, 11-11.68N 064-57.00W,
   11-47.56N 064-25.28W, 10-59.88N 064-17.05W.
B. 11-07.07N 063-40.77W, 11-14.91N 063-59.52W,
   11-55.00N 064-01.98W, 11-28.25N 063-07.48W.

Reading this warning

Hazardous operations: NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.

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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 · military exercises

9 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

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

Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 44.1 nm
Punta tigre light 11-04.92N 064-13.00W temporarily removedNav aids · 44.2 nm
Robledal light 11-02.59N 064-22.63W unlitNav aids · 51.8 nm
Punta charagato light 10-50.48N 064-09.38W unlitNav aids · 55.3 nm
Punta palanquete light 10-49.90N 064-12.60W unlitNav aids · 57.1 nm
Punta oriental light 10-54.00N 065-12.30W unlitNav aids · 95.5 nm
Dangerous wreck in 10-13.39N 064-42.22WWrecks · 103.1 nm
Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 114.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:04Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.