Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inoperative
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1071/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-03-31 08:03Z
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) · AUSCOAST 108/19 310537Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-31 06:53Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -19.500, 148.750. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1071/19 and this msg, service restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2019-03-31 06:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 108/19 310537Z MAR 19.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -19.500, 148.750
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TORRES STRAIT. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. REEF VTS STATION (19-30S 148-45E) INOPERATIVE. CONTACT REEF VTS VIA VHF.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- VHF / channel 16
- Very high frequency marine radio; channel 16 is the international distress, safety and calling channel.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
22 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- 20 meter long tree adrift in vicinity 17-52.0S 146-13.0E at 110500Z feb2020-02-11
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inmarsat-c inoperative2020-02-09
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inmarsat-c and e-mail inoperative2018-09-06
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inoperative2018-09-05
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) unreliable2018-09-03
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) unreliable until 030247Z oct2017-10-03
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
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:38Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.