Nav aids

A cable buoy is established at position 12 degrees 28 minutes north, 69 degrees 45 minutes west in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 727/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-28 19:00Z

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 in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-07-26 15:15Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-28 19:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 12.472, -69.752. 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: 2026-07-26 15:15Z
status: Cancelled notice
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 12.472, -69.752
nearest port: Sint Nicolaas · 10 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
VENEZUELA.
CABLE BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 12-28.30N 069-45.10W.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

59 within 180 nm since 1998 · 6 in the last 12 months · 7 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.

Guaranao light 11-40.00N 070-12.80W unlit2026-08-17
Puerto bolivar front range light 12-15.30N 071-57.50W unlit2026-06-10
Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlit2026-05-15
Cayo noroeste light 11-13.31N 068-26.28W unlit2025-12-17
Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlit2025-10-31
Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 miles2025-06-19

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

Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlitNav aids · 59.3 nm
Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 71.2 nm
Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 85.7 nm
Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 milesNav aids · 97.2 nm
Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlitNav aids · 101.7 nm
Cayo noroeste light 11-13.31N 068-26.28W unlitNav aids · 107.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 08:19Z; 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.