Nav aids

Green buoy at 17-28.68N 062-59.32W removed in Eastern Caribbean Sea, Netherlands Antilles.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 637/23

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) · DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/23 091738Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-09 17:44Z. 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 17.478, -62.989. 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: 2023-06-09 17:44Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/23 091738Z JUN 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 17.478, -62.989
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.
GREEN BUOY 17-28.68N 062-59.32W REMOVED.

Reading this warning

Off station / missing buoy: A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
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

46 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 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.

Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46W2026-09-18
La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlit2025-11-19
La desirade lighthouse 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlit2024-08-15
Port de saint francois light 16-14.95N 061-16.43W unlit2024-03-15
Iles de petite terre light 16-10.20N 061-06.50W unlit2023-12-09
Anse bertrand light 16-28.39N 061-30.46W unlit2023-09-01

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

Kitts and nevisSpills · 29.7 nm
Anchoring prohibited until further notice in area bound by 18-13.60N 063-04.15W, 18-13.60N 063-04.70W,…Other · 45.1 nm
Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 115.4 nm
Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 117.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:52Z; 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.