Tulum light in the Western Caribbean Sea is unlit at position 20-12.68N 087-25.80W.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 356/23
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 13/23 271728Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-27 19:09Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 20.211, -87.430. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-03-27 19:09Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- MEXICO IV 13/23 271728Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MEXICO IV
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 20.211, -87.430
- nearest port
- Cozumel · 32 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. MEXICO. CHART 28190. TULUM LIGHT 20-12.68N 087-25.80W 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.
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
49 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 7 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.
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlit2024-06-21
- Punta herrero light 19-18.76N 087-26.76W unlit2024-06-18
- Cabo de san antonio light, fl (2) w 10 sec 31 meters 26 miles established in 21-52.00N 084-57.10W2024-01-31
- Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlit2023-12-04
- Cabo san antonio light 21-52.00N 084-57.20W unreliable2023-08-10
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlit2023-06-04
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
- Punta allen light 19-47.1N 087-27.8W unlitNav aids · 25.7 nm
- Puerto morelos light 20-50.2N 086-55.0W unreliableNav aids · 47.4 nm
- Punta herrero light 19-18.76N 087-26.76W unlitNav aids · 54 nm
- Isla contoy light 21-31.60N 086-48.30W unlitNav aids · 86.4 nm
- Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlitNav aids · 118.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 02:48Z; 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.