Flares sighted vicinity 23-38S 154-09E at 141105Z may
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1456/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-05-14 15:35Z
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) · AUSSAR 3276/11 141157Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-14 12:57Z. 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 -23.633, 154.150. 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 1455/11, 1456/11 and this msg, assistance receivedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2011-05-14 12:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 3276/11 141157Z MAY 11.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -23.633, 154.150
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-EAST COAST. FLARES SIGHTED VICINITY 23-38S 154-09E AT 141105Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811,FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
12 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Eight meter concrete pontoon adrift in 26-31.3S 153-26.6E at 232200Z mar2022-03-24
- Fishing gear with floats abandoned in vicinity 24-42.19S 153-35.29E2021-08-12
- Fisherman missing in vicinity 24-45.02S 152-37.36E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout,…2019-11-23
- F/V mana anchored in 24-31.55S 152-50.34E2017-01-16
- Saumarez reef light 21-39.6S 153-46.0E range increased to 18 miles2016-12-06
- Scuba diver missing vicinity 24-33.70S 152-49.42E at 050300Z jul2016-07-05
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 05:29Z; 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.