Nav aids

Lights at Punta Izopo, Pumpkin Hill, Cochino Grande, Cabo Camaron, Punta Patuca, Cabo Falso, Punta Caxinas, and Punta Oeste are unlit in the Gulf of Honduras.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 693/25

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 2025-07-03 22:40Z. 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 15.912, -85.759. 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: 2025-07-03 22:40Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 15.912, -85.759
nearest port: La Ceiba · 58 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

GULF OF HONDURAS.
HONDURAS.
LIGHTS UNLIT:
A. PUNTA IZOPO 15-50.90N 087-22.50W.
B. PUMPKIN HILL 16-07.30N 086-52.90W.
C. COCHINO GRANDE 15-58.60N 086-28.60W.
D. CABO CAMARON 15-59.20N 085-01.70W.
E. PUNTA PATUCA 15-48.90N 084-18.20W.
F. CABO FALSO 15-15.20N 083-23.70W.
G. PUNTA CAXINAS 16-01.50N 086-00.60W.
H. PUNTA OESTE 16-16.10N 086-36.10W.

Reading this warning

Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
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.

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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

35 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 8 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.

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
Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removed2023-08-04
Odas buoy established in 15-42.30N 088-36.80W2023-07-19

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

Punta sal light 15-55.5N 087-36.2W unlitNav aids · 106.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:29Z; 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.