La Barra Light in Bay of Campeche, Mexico, chart 28320, at 20-58.4N 097-18.5W, is unreliable.
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 778/21
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) · MEXICO IV 65/21 311715Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-31 17:20Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 20.973, -97.308. 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
- 2021-08-31 17:20Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- MEXICO IV 65/21 311715Z AUG 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MEXICO IV
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 20.973, -97.308
- nearest port
- Tuxpan · 4 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BAY OF CAMPECHE. MEXICO. CHART 28320. LA BARRA LIGHT 20-58.4N 097-18.5W UNRELIABLE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
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
49 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.
- Santiaguillo light 19-08.56N 095-48.48W unlit2025-01-16
- 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
- Isla de enmedio light 19-06.1N 095-56.3W unreliable2020-01-30
- Arrecife la blanquilla light 21-32.6N 097-16.8W unlit2019-07-24
- Arrecife enmedio light 21-05.0N 097-15.5W unlit2018-10-29
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 05:37Z; 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.