Nav aids

The front range light at Puerto Bolivar, Colombia, is unlit at 12-15.30N 071-57.50W in the Caribbean Sea.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 556/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-06-10 20:39Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-27 19:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 12.255, -71.958. 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: 2026-06-10 20:39Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 12.255, -71.958
nearest port: Maracaibo · 97 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
COLOMBIA.
PUERTO BOLIVAR FRONT RANGE LIGHT
12-15.30N 071-57.50W UNLIT.

Reading this warning

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

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

35 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 in the last 12 months · 4 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.

Guaranao light 11-40.00N 070-12.80W unlit2026-08-17
Cable buoy established in 12-28.30N 069-45.10W2026-07-26
Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlit2026-05-15
Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlit2025-10-31
Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 miles2025-06-19
Punta taima-taima light 11-30.20N 069-30.90W unlit2024-09-06

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 perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlitNav aids · 45.7 nm
Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 milesNav aids · 93.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 09:54Z; 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.