Nav aids

Due to Hurricane Erin, lateral buoys 1, 2, and 4 are removed in the Dominican Republic, North Atlantic.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 872/25

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 2025-08-16 17:17Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 19.167, -69.209. 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: 2025-08-16 17:17Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 19.167, -69.209
nearest port: Santo Domingo · 56 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
DUE TO HURRICANE ERIN, LATERAL BUOYS REMOVED:
A. BUOY 1 19-10.61N 069-16.51W.
B. BUOY 2 19-09.04N 069-07.44W.
C. BUOY 4 19-10.35N 069-13.74W.

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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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

200 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 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.

Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlit2024-11-06
Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlit2023-11-28
Punta torrecilla light 18-27.85N 069-52.58W unlit2023-10-09
Pedernales light 18-02.30N 071-44.90W unlit2023-06-14
La romana light 18-24.90N 068-57.50W unlit2023-01-21
Punta torrecilla light 18-27.90N 069-52.60W unlit2023-01-11

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

Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlitNav aids · 56.7 nm
Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlitNav aids · 60.2 nm
Punta laguna light 18-08.3N 068-45.3W unlitNav aids · 66.9 nm
Puerto plata light 19-48.2N 070-41.7W unlitNav aids · 92.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:04Z; 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.