Nav aids

Nga chart 74290 (12TH ed)

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1684/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-08-21 09:11Z

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 200/10 181711Z AUG 10.. Issued 2010-08-19 02:53Z. 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 -9.142, 143.297. 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: 2010-08-19 02:53Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AUSCOAST 200/10 181711Z AUG 10.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Coral Sea
position: -9.142, 143.297
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NEW GUINEA-SOUTH COAST.
NGA CHART 74290 (12TH ED).
BRAMBLE CAY LIGHT 09-08.5S 143-17.8E UNRELIABLE.

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.
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

198 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.

Wednesday island light 10-30.40S 142-18.80E unlit2025-01-26
Booby island light 10-36.30S 141-54.70E unreliable2024-12-06
Moody reef light 12-05.0S 143-15.5E unlit2024-11-19
Pullar rock light buoy in 10-30.44S 142-15.59E unlit2024-03-26
Dalrymple islet light 09-36.87S 143-17.87E unlit2024-03-25
Twin island light 10-27.78S 142-26.89E unreliable2024-02-22

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 2026-10-04 05:44Z; 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.