Nav aids

An ODAS buoy is established at 15-42.30N, 088-36.80W in the Gulf of Honduras, Guatemala.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 811/23

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

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 broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · GUATEMALA 1/23 191801Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-19 18:21Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 15.705, -88.613. 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: 2023-07-19 18:21Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: GUATEMALA 1/23 191801Z JUL 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: GUATEMALA
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 15.705, -88.613
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

GULF OF HONDURAS.
GUATEMALA.
ODAS BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 15-42.30N 088-36.80W.

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

42 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 11 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.

Lights unlit: a. punta izopo 15-50.90N 087-22.50W2025-07-03
Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlit2025-01-30
Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlit2025-01-02
East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlit2024-09-13
Sandbore cay light 17-28.20N 087-29.50W unlit2024-06-21
Xcalak lighthouse 18-16.45N 087-50.10W unlit2023-12-04

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

Hunting cay light 16-06.40N 088-16.60W unlitNav aids · 31 nm
East snake caye light 16-12.60N 088-30.20W unlitNav aids · 31 nm
Hunting cay, zapodilla cays light 16-06.5N 088-16.0W unlitNav aids · 31.4 nm
Puerto cortes entrance buoy 15-51.90N 087-57.90W temporarily removedNav aids · 38.7 nm
Punta sal light 15-55.5N 087-36.2W unlitNav aids · 59.8 nm
Half moon cay light 17-12.20N 087-31.80W unlitNav aids · 109.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 07:48Z; 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.