Nav aids

Nga chart 74595 (2ND ed)

Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 1535/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-08-29 09:42Z

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 197/09 272008Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-27 21:31Z. 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: Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -35.182, 117.887. 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 Great Australian Bight →

issued: 2009-08-27 21:31Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AUSCOAST 197/09 272008Z AUG 09.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Great Australian Bight
position: -35.182, 117.887
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NGA CHART 74595 (2ND ED).
ECLIPSE ISLAND LIGHT 35-10.9S 117-53.2E UNLIT.

Reading this warning

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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

97 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.

Cape naturaliste light temporarily changed to fl w 10 sec 21 miles in 33-32.24S 115-01.12E2024-02-21
Cape naturaliste light 33-32.24S 115-01.12E unlit2024-01-17
Cape naturaliste light 33-32.24S 115-01.12E unreliable2024-01-11
Cape naturaliste light 33-32.23S 115-01.15E unlit2023-08-30
Point d'entrecasteaux light 34-50.30S 116-00.20E unlit2023-07-12
Point d'entrecasteaux light 34-50.30S 116-00.20E unlit2023-06-28

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:15Z; 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.