Nav aids

Veale reef light 09-12S 149-28E unlit

Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 2110/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-01-17 12:20Z

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) · NAVAREA X 44/03 031539Z DEC 03. Issued 2003-12-03 17:37Z. 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: Solomon Sea. The parsed report position is -9.200, 149.467. 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 Solomon Sea →

issued: 2003-12-03 17:37Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA X 44/03 031539Z DEC 03
NAVAREA: NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
sea: Solomon Sea
position: -9.200, 149.467
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 73631 (4TH ED).
VEALE REEF LIGHT 09-12S 149-28E UNLIT.

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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

23 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.

Basilisk passage nateara reef light 09-32.5S 147-07.6E unlit and RACON at reduced power2004-11-26
Spear island light 08-59.6S 149-08.3E unlit2003-12-04
Ham reef light 09-12.1S 149-26.2E unlit2003-12-03
Greaves reef light 09-10.9S 149-26.5E unlit2003-12-03
Stewart reef light 09-07.9S 149-23.0E unlit2003-12-03
Hall point light 09-02.7S 149-18.3E unlit2003-12-03

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 2026-10-03 01:02Z; 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.