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Five navigation buoys missing or off-position at Port de Carentan (Cotentin)

ActiveReceived 19 Oct 2026, 14:55 UTC

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Area: COTENTIN Locality: PORT DE CARENTAN BUOY_OFF_POSITION Note: initial position red buoy N°2 49-24.12N 001-07.98W For information: out of the 12 buoys marking the access channel to Carentan marina, 5 are now reported missing: - red buoy N°2 initial position 49°24',125N /1°07',980W - red buoy N°6: position 49°23',300N /1°08',680W - green buoy N°7: initial position 49°22',600N /1°09',200W - green buoy N°11: initial position 49°22',150N /1°09',560W - red buoy N°12: initial position 49°22',150N /1°09',370W BUOY_MISSING Under these conditions, leisure craft wishing to reach Carentan marina are requested to systematically contact the harbour master's office for a navigational safety briefing. N°06 red 49-23.30N 001-08.68W N°07 green 49-22.60N 001-09.20W N°11 green 49-22.15N 001-09.56W N°12 red 4

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Five of the 12 buoys marking the access channel to Carentan marina are reported missing or off their initial positions. Buoy N°2 is reported off-position; buoys N°6, N°7, N°11 and N°12 are reported missing with their initial positions given. Mariners wishing to enter Carentan marina are requested to contact the harbour master's office for a safety briefing.

Contact the harbour master's office (capitainerie) for a navigational safety briefing before attempting to enter the marina; navigate with caution in the channel.

Type: Aids to navigation · severity low
Feed: Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
Location: Cotentin, Port de Carentan (access channel to Carentan marina)
Hazards: missing buoys, buoy off-station

Coast stations for this area

RCCMRCC JobourgFrance34 NM from the area
RCCMRCC FalmouthUnited KingdomMMSI 00232001458 NM from the area
RCCMRSC SolentUnited Kingdom83 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station GattevilleMRCC JobourgFranceMMSI 002275200VHF 26range 26 NM18 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station Ver-sur-MerMRCC JobourgFranceMMSI 002275200VHF 27range 27 NM24 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station JobourgMRCC JobourgFranceMMSI 002275200VHF 42range 42 NM35 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station GranvilleMRCC JobourgFranceMMSI 002275200VHF 26range 26 NM39 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station VillervileMRCC JobourgFranceMMSI 002275200VHF 30range 30 NM48 NM from the area

Aids to navigation affected

Off stationBuoy N°2 · N°2 · 49-24.12N 001-07.98W
MissingBuoy N°6 · red · N°6 · 49°23',300N /1°08',680W
MissingBuoy N°7 · green · N°7 · 49°22',600N /1°09',200W
MissingBuoy N°11 · green · N°11 · 49°22',150N /1°09',560W
MissingBuoy N°12 · red · N°12 · 49°22',150N /1°09',370W

No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.

Worked out automatically from the warning text on 19 Oct 2026, 15:07 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.

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