Nav aids

Safewater buoy LS at position 06-04.81N 055-12.82W is missing in Suriname, North Atlantic.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 761/25

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 2025-07-22 11:48Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 6.080, -55.214. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2025-07-22 11:48Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 6.080, -55.214
nearest port: Paramaribo · 16 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
SURINAME.
SAFEWATER BUOY LS 06-04.81N 055-12.82W
MISSING.

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.

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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

11 within 180 nm since 2018 · 1 in the last 12 months · 3 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.

Two odas buoys established in vicinity 06-57.93N 057-48.54W2025-12-24
Odas buoy established in 07-02.67N 057-58.65W2024-03-21
Ile royale light 05-17.22N 052-35.52W unlit2023-10-31
Ile royale light 05-17.22N 052-35.52W unlit2023-10-12
Ile royale front leading light 05-17.07N 052-35.21W unlit2023-09-07
Ile royale front leading light 05-17.07N 052-35.21W unlit2023-06-06

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:35Z; 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.