Nav aids

The South Breakwater Light at 42-26.40S 171-11.43E in the Tasman Sea off New Zealand is unreliable.

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1507/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · CNW 81/24 060704Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-06 07:20Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -42.440, 171.190. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Tasman Sea →

issued: 2024-05-06 07:20Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: CNW 81/24 060704Z MAY 24.
issued by: CNW
sea: Tasman Sea
position: -42.440, 171.190
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
SOUTH BREAKWATER LIGHT 42-26.40S 171-11.43E
UNRELIABLE.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

57 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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.

Barrett reef buoy 41-21.15S 174-50.11E missing2026-02-16
Akaroa head light 43-53.41S 172-58.76E unlit2023-06-09
Western breakwater light 41-43.80S 171-35.20E unlit2022-06-14
Greymouth harbor north breakwater head light 42-26.3S 171-11.5E unlit2022-04-24
Stephens island light 40-39.9S 174-00.0E unlit2021-11-13
S. breakwater light 42-26.40S 171-11.43E unreliable2019-12-28

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 17:16Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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.