Nav aids

Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46W

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 902/26

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 2026-09-18 14:39Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-23 18:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 15.948, -61.708. 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: 2026-09-18 14:39Z
status: Listed in force
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 15.948, -61.708
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
GUADELOUPE.
POINTE DU VIEUX FORT LIGHT 15-56.90N 061-42.46W.
UNLIT.

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

51 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 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.

La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlit2025-11-19
Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 miles2025-06-25
La desirade lighthouse 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlit2024-08-15
La caravelle light 14-46.40N 060-52.90W range reduced to 16 miles2024-05-13
Port de saint francois light 16-14.95N 061-16.43W unlit2024-03-15
Iles de petite terre light 16-10.20N 061-06.50W unlit2023-12-09

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

Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 19.5 nm
La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlitNav aids · 46.6 nm
Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 88.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-23 18:10Z; 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.