Pith reef light 18-13.2S 147-01.4E range increased to 15 miles
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1256/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-02-01 15:27Z
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 95/15 150219Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-15 04:01Z. 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 -18.220, 147.023. 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
- issued
- 2015-04-15 04:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 95/15 150219Z APR 15.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -18.220, 147.023
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. CHART 74240. PITH REEF LIGHT 18-13.2S 147-01.4E RANGE INCREASED TO 15 MILES.
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.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
24 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Six meter vessel partially submerged in 16-29.19S 145-40.93E at 200558Z apr2022-04-20
- 15 meter fishing net in 16-26.86S 145-35.64E at 222330Z mar2021-03-23
- 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) inoperative2019-03-31
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inmarsat-c and e-mail inoperative2018-09-06
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:24Z; 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.