Multiple navigation lights are unlit in Trinidad and Tobago, including Chacachacare, Punta del Arenal, Chupara, Crown Point, Man of War Bay, and Smiths Island.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 449/24
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) · TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 79/24 191802Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-19 19:44Z. 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 10.869, -61.181. 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
- 2024-04-19 19:44Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 79/24 191802Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.869, -61.181
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. MULTIPLE LIGHTS UNLIT: A. CHACACHACARE LIGHT 10-41.9N 061-45.1W. B. PUNTA DEL ARENAL LIGHT 10-02.9N 061-55.6W. C. CHUPARA LIGHT 10-48.5N 061-21.7W. D. CROWN POINT LIGHT 11-09.0N 060-51.0W. E. MAN OF WAR BAY LIGHT 11-19.4N 060-32.8W. F. SMITHS ISLAND LIGHT 11-11.0N 060-39.0W.
Reading this warning
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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 · aids-to-navigation notices
83 within 180 nm since 2011 · 10 in the last 12 months · 10 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.
- Trinidad and tobago2026-09-21
- Cabo negro light in 11-10.46N 063-53.05W2026-09-11
- Trinidad and tobago2026-09-08
- Trinidad and tobago2026-07-09
- Trinidad and tobago2026-06-18
- Punta palanquete light 10-49.90N 064-12.60W unlit2026-05-15
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
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 23.5 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 26 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 32.8 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 35.3 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 45.3 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 55.3 nm
- Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 57.4 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 65.8 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 69.9 nm
- GrenadinesWrecks · 104.6 nm
- Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 118.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:48Z; 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.