Number 2 buoy 09-21.8N 079-53.6W temporarily removed
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 750/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-22 13:44Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/23 011802Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-01 19:59Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 9.363, -79.893. 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
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 750/23 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-07-01 19:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/23 011802Z JUL 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 9.363, -79.893
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. PANAMA. NUMBER 2 BUOY 09-21.8N 079-53.6W TEMPORARILY 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
28 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 5 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.
- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missing2026-06-06
- Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damaged2026-02-06
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missing2025-06-24
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missing2025-06-20
- Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to white2025-05-07
- Cabo tiburon light 08-40.60N 077-21.50W inoperative2024-05-13
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
- Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damagedNav aids · 1.1 nm
- Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to whiteNav aids · 1.1 nm
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 1.7 nm
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 1.7 nm
- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 5.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 00:52Z; 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.