Partially submerged odas buoy adrift vicinity 26-39-19.8N 088-02-31.2W
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 491/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-12-08 00:00Z
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) · CCGD8 440/08 012057Z DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-01 23:03Z. 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 26.655, -88.042. 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
- 2008-12-01 23:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CCGD8 440/08 012057Z DEC 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 26.655, -88.042
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. PARTIALLY SUBMERGED ODAS BUOY ADRIFT VICINITY 26-39-19.8N 088-02-31.2W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 08 DEC.
Reading this warning
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
28 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Unknown floating object resembling a conex box adrift in 25-43.10N 088-16.50W at 231800Z aug2022-08-24
- Odas buoy 42039 adrift in vicinity 28-39-39N 086-14-47W at 061300Z mar2021-03-06
- Odas buoy 42039 adrift in vicinity 28-44-24N 086-04-48W at 032300Z mar2021-03-04
- Odas buoy 42040 adrift in vicinity 29-10-53N 088-26-03W at 150700Z sep2020-09-15
- Odas buoy 42003 adrift in vicinity 25-55-11N 085-28-49W at 140102Z may2017-05-14
- 1.5 meter long yellow object adrift in vicinity 27-39.3N 089-14.1W at 071051Z jan2017-01-18
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 03:04Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.