Nav aids

In Coral Sea, Australia, Restoration Rock Light at 12-37.30S 143-27.76E is unreliable.

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1544/24

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) · AUSCOAST 152/24 090306Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-09 03:22Z. 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: Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -12.622, 143.463. 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 Coral Sea →

issued: 2024-05-09 03:22Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: AUSCOAST 152/24 090306Z MAY 24.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Coral Sea
position: -12.622, 143.463
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CORAL SEA.
AUSTRALIA.
DNC 05.
RESTORATION ROCK LIGHT 12-37.30S 143-27.76E
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.

All warning terms →

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

431 within 180 nm since 1998 · 7 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.

Duyfken point light in 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-22
Duyfken point light K3297 in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-21
Duyfken point light in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unreliable2026-09-20
Eden reef light in 14-04.63S 143-55.01E unreliable2026-08-28
Eden reef light K3226.6 in position 14-04.63S 143-55.01E unreliable2026-08-28
South barrow islet light 14-20.79S 144-39.16E unlit2026-04-17

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

Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 100.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 15:16Z; 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.