12 meter buoy adrift vicinity 25-02-23.76N 091-57-56.04W at 011410Z oct
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 823/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-10-05 22:40Z
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) · CCGD08 136/15 021640Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-02 22:41Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 25.040, -91.966. 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
- 2015-10-02 22:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-10-05 22:40Z
- authority
- CCGD08 136/15 021640Z OCT 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 25.040, -91.966
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. 1. 12 METER BUOY ADRIFT VICINITY 25-02-23.76N 091-57-56.04W AT 011410Z OCT. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 052240Z OCT 15.
Reading this warning
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
6 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 24-02.5N 094-25.6W at 192100Z apr2021-04-19
- Red buoy reported adrift vicinity 25-41.5N 089-31.9W at 212130Z mar2010-03-22
- Red buoy adrift vicinity 25-34.93N 089-26.34W on 19 dec2009-12-19
- Partially submerged object, possible oil rig, in 27-17.47N 090-58.24W2005-09-24
- 10000 meter long cable with four buoys adrift in 27-39N 093-08W at 140100Z aug2003-08-14
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:29Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.