Port of westport bar (41-43.6S 171-35.3E) closed until further notice due to heavy sea conditions
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1949/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-25 08:02Z
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) · CNW 134/18 230210Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-23 02:45Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -41.727, 171.588. 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 1949/18 and this msg, westport bar reopenedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2018-05-23 02:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CNW 134/18 230210Z MAY 18.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -41.727, 171.588
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. NEW ZEALAND. SOUTH ISLAND-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 06. PORT OF WESTPORT BAR (41-43.6S 171-35.3E) CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO HEAVY SEA CONDITIONS.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
53 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.
- 14 meter F/V vulcan fisher, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 40-51.59S 174-43.27E at 192000Z…2023-08-19
- 14 meter F/V vulcan fisher, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 40-37.55S 174-36.59E at 191100Z…2023-08-19
- 14 meter F/V falcon fisher requesting assistance in 40-34.46S 174-35.31E at 190657Z aug2023-08-19
- Fishing net, marked by buoys, abandoned in 41-22.46S 174-43.68E2023-02-22
- Port of westport bar (41-43.5S 171-35.3E) closed until further notice2021-07-17
- Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in vicinity 43-57S 173-34E2020-03-22
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:30Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.