Wrecks

Dangerous wreck in 12-32.00N 081-41.89W

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 440/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-04-28 16:06Z

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) · COLOMBIA 105/23 211630Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-21 20:36Z. 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 12.533, -81.698. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2023-04-21 20:36Z
status: Archived notice
authority: COLOMBIA 105/23 211630Z APR 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: COLOMBIA
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 12.533, -81.698
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
COLOMBIA.
CHART 28006.
DANGEROUS WRECK IN 12-32.00N 081-41.89W.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Dangerous wreck: A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
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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Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions

6 within 180 nm since 2014 · 1 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.

Dangerous wreck in vicinity 14-17.21N 080-21.99W2026-09-21
Dangerous wreck in 12-33.25N 081-41.55W2022-08-04
B. 16.55 meters 14-49.725N 081-54.688W2014-04-25
B. 20.57 meters in 14-43.098N 081-45.192W2014-04-04
B. 16.8 meters in 14-58-05.8N 081-52-51.9W2014-01-29

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

Hoyo soplador light, fl w 15 sec 20 meters 12 miles, established in 12-28.85N 081-43.83WNav aids · 3.7 nm
Cayo roncador light 13-34.41N 080-05.51W unlitNav aids · 112.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:11Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

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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.