Discovery bay 1 buoy 18-29.9N 077-38.5W off station
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 593/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-20 14:10Z
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) · JAMAICA PORT AUTHORITY 061405Z JUL 20.. Issued 2020-07-06 14:38Z. 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 18.498, -77.642. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 593/20 and this msg, buoy on stationlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2020-07-06 14:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAMAICA PORT AUTHORITY 061405Z JUL 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- JAMAICA PORT AUTHORITY
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.498, -77.642
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. JAMAICA. CHART 26130. DISCOVERY BAY 1 BUOY 18-29.9N 077-38.5W OFF STATION.
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.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
12 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Portland ridge light 17-44.50N 077-09.50W unlit2022-05-07
- Kingston entrance buoy no 4 17-54-45N 076-46-22W off station2021-02-02
- Portland ridge light 17-44.5N 077-09.5W unlit2020-10-12
- Morro de cuba light 19-58.1N 075-52.1W range temporarily reduced to seven miles2017-07-08
- Lights established: a. range light front, iso r 6 sec 9 miles in 17-50-06.2N 077-09-43.6W2016-12-02
- South negril point light 18-15.0N 078-21.6W unlit2016-01-12
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
- Portland ridge light 17-44.50N 077-09.50W unlitNav aids · 53.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:06Z; 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.