Nav aids

Safe water buoy in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, is relocated to 22-16.65N 097-44.48W.

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 601/23

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) · MEXICO XII 13/23 312201Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-31 22:27Z. 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: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 22.277, -97.741. 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: 2023-05-31 22:27Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: MEXICO XII 13/23 312201Z MAY 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MEXICO XII
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 22.277, -97.741
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO.
MEXICO.
SAFE WATER BUOY RELOCATED TO 22-16.65N 097-44.48W.

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.

All warning terms →

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

49 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 3 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
La barra light 20-58.4N 097-18.5W unreliable2021-08-31
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

La barra light 20-58.4N 097-18.5W unreliableNav aids · 81.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:26Z; 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.