Wrecks

A dangerous wreck is located in the Coral Sea, Australia, at 23 degrees 16.6 minutes south, 151 degrees 13.3 minutes east.

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1795/22

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 136/22 010015Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-01 07:17Z. 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 -23.277, 151.222. 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: 2022-07-01 07:17Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: AUSCOAST 136/22 010015Z JUL 22.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Coral Sea
position: -23.277, 151.222
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.
DANGEROUS WRECK IN 23-16.60S 151-13.30E.

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.
Dangerous wreck: A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions

6 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.

F/V liberty aground in 20-25S 150-40E at 290335Z may2001-05-29
16.3 meter shoal in 21-36.8S 150-16.3E2001-05-13
Dangerous wreck vicinity 21-06S 149-23E2001-02-22
Depths reported: a. 19.6 meters in 22-50.45S 150-56.60E1999-10-03
Dangerous wreck in 23-53S 151-39E1999-09-24

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

40 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:25Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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.