A 5.5 meter shoal is located at 10-38.04N 071-36.00W in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 370/23
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) · VENEZUELA 3/23 312356Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-04-01 00:12Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.634, -71.600. 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
- 2023-04-01 00:12Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- VENEZUELA 3/23 312356Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- VENEZUELA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.634, -71.600
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. VENEZUELA. 5.5 METER SHOAL IN 10-38.04N 071-36.00W.
Reading this warning
- Shoal / reported depth
- Water shallower than the chart shows — a newly found shoal, a reported depth, or less water than charted.
- 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 · wrecks & obstructions
2 within 180 nm since 2008 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Nga chart 24460 (4TH ed)2008-05-27
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 borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 milesNav aids · 59.2 nm
- Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlitNav aids · 71.4 nm
- Puerto bolivar front range light 12-15.30N 071-57.50W unlitNav aids · 99.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 16:07Z; source collection times vary.
Wrecks
Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →
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.