Nav aids

In the Gulf of Mexico off Mexico, Punta de Piedra Light at 24-29.23N 097-44.56W is unlit.

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 702/24

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 2024-06-18 23:41Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 24.487, -97.743. 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: 2024-06-18 23:41Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 24.487, -97.743
nearest port: Brownsville · 90 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO
MEXICO.
PUNTA DE PIEDRA LIGHT 24-29.23N 097-44.56W UNLIT.

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.

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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

24 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

Carbonera light 24-37.62N 097-42.97W unlit2024-06-18
Safe water buoy relocated to 22-16.65N 097-44.48W2023-05-31
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
Punta piedra light 24-29.2N 097-44.5W unreliable2019-05-30

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

Carbonera light 24-37.62N 097-42.97W unlitNav aids · 8.5 nm
Dangerous wreck in 25-14.24N 097-07.72WWrecks · 56.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:47Z; 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.