Sandbore Cay light in Belize, western Caribbean Sea, at 17-28.20N 087-29.50W is unlit.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 616/23
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) · BELIZE PORT AUTHORITY 1/23 041601Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-04 17:24Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 17.470, -87.492. 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
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlitlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-06-04 17:24Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- BELIZE PORT AUTHORITY 1/23 041601Z JUN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- BELIZE PORT AUTHORITY
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 17.470, -87.492
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. BELIZE. CHART 26167. SANDBORE CAY LIGHT 17-28.20N 087-29.50W UNLIT.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
48 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 12 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.
- Lights unlit: a. punta izopo 15-50.90N 087-22.50W2025-07-03
- Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlit2025-01-30
- Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlit2025-01-02
- East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlit2024-09-13
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlit2024-06-21
- Punta herrero light 19-18.76N 087-26.76W unlit2024-06-18
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
- Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlitNav aids · 0 nm
- Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlitNav aids · 16.2 nm
- Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlitNav aids · 52.1 nm
- Punta sal light 15-55.5N 087-36.2W unlitNav aids · 93 nm
- Hunting cay, zapodilla cays light 16-06.5N 088-16.0W unlitNav aids · 93.1 nm
- Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlitNav aids · 93.5 nm
- East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlitNav aids · 95.4 nm
- Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedNav aids · 100.1 nm
- Punta herrero light 19-18.76N 087-26.76W unlitNav aids · 110.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:53Z; 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.