Taparo Point Light at 10-03.53N 061-37.55W is unlit, and NAVAREA IV 1404/25 is cancelled.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 601/26
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 2026-06-18 18:53Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.059, -61.626. 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
- 2026-06-18 18:53Z
- status
- Listed in force
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.059, -61.626
- nearest port
- Point Lisas · 21 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 1. TAPARO POINT LIGHT IN 10-03.53N 061-37.55W UNLIT. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1404/25.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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
84 within 180 nm since 2011 · 11 in the last 12 months · 11 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.
- Trinidad and tobago2026-09-21
- Cabo negro light in 11-10.46N 063-53.05W2026-09-11
- Trinidad and tobago2026-09-08
- Trinidad and tobago2026-07-09
- Punta palanquete light 10-49.90N 064-12.60W unlit2026-05-15
- Trinidad and tobago2026-05-04
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
- Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 25 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 37.8 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 39 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 41.9 nm
- Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 49.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 62.7 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 78.9 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 80 nm
- Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 118.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:18Z; 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.