Nav aids

Punta piedra light 24-29.2N 097-44.5W unreliable

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 460/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-09-13 14:16Z

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) · MEXICO IV 39/19 301814Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-30 18:18Z. 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: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 24.487, -97.742. 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 Gulf of Mexico →

issued: 2019-05-30 18:18Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MEXICO IV 39/19 301814Z MAY 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MEXICO IV
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 24.487, -97.742
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO.
MEXICO.
CHART 28330.
PUNTA PIEDRA LIGHT 24-29.2N 097-44.5W UNRELIABLE.

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

24 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

Punta de piedra light 24-29.23N 097-44.56W unlit2024-06-18
Carbonera light 24-37.62N 097-42.97W unlit2024-06-18
Safe water buoy relocated to 22-16.65N 097-44.48W2023-05-31
Arrecife la blanquilla light 21-32-38N 097-16-50W unlit2020-09-23
Punta piedra light 24-29.2N 097-44.5W unlit2020-04-29
Arrecife la blanquilla light 21-32.6N 097-16.8W unlit2019-07-24

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 de piedra light 24-29.23N 097-44.56W unlitNav aids · 0.1 nm
Carbonera light 24-37.62N 097-42.97W unlitNav aids · 8.5 nm
Dangerous wreck in 25-14.24N 097-07.72WWrecks · 56.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:14Z; 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.