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Port of westport bar (41-43S 171-35E) open only at high tide and one hour either side

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1486/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-04-20 07:40Z

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) · CNW 88/18 172115Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-17 22:18Z. 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
Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -41.717, 171.583. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2018-04-17 22:18Z
status
Archived notice
authority
CNW 88/18 172115Z APR 18.
issued by
CNW
sea
Tasman Sea
position
-41.717, 171.583
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
NEW ZEALAND.
SOUTH ISLAND-NORTHWEST COAST.
DNC 06.
1. PORT OF WESTPORT BAR (41-43S 171-35E) OPEN ONLY AT
   HIGH TIDE AND ONE HOUR EITHER SIDE. RESTRICTIONS
   WILL BE REVIEWED FOLLOWING BAR SOUNDINGS.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1476/18.

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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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

53 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-09-29 07:14Z; source collection times vary.

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