RACON at port hedland C1 light in 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1728/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-05-24 10:30Z
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 134/23 240418Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-24 04:31Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -19.991, 118.436. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1728/23 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2023-05-24 04:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 134/23 240418Z MAY 23.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -19.991, 118.436
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA. DNC 04. RACON AT PORT HEDLAND C1 LIGHT IN 19-59.49S 118-26.17E INOPERATIVE.
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.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
161 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliable2026-09-28
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-45.73S…2026-02-27
- RACON at imperieuse reef light 17-31.32S 118-57.18E inoperative2024-05-01
- RACON at port hedland C1 light 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-03-10
- Great sandy island light 21-11.88S 115-38.28E unlit2022-12-13
- 12 six meter buoys, yellow, fl w 3 sec, established in area within one mile of 20-23.27S 116-09.19E2022-11-11
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
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliableNav aids · 64.7 nm
- Special purpose vessel ve constructor / H9YT / 373335000 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 108.9 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel ve constructor in area bound by 19-12.00S…Surveys · 108.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 04:25Z; 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.