Mecca reef north cardinal buoy 10-32.4S 142-10.1E unlit
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 217/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-03-22 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-03-20 09:40Z. 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 -10.540, 142.168. 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
- Loran-c station gesashi, rates 8930-W and 9930-X, off air 242300Z to 250900Z marlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 1999-03-20 09:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -10.540, 142.168
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 74292 (8TH ED). MECCA REEF NORTH CARDINAL BUOY 10-32.4S 142-10.1E 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
313 within 180 nm since 1998 · 3 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.
- Duyfken point light in 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-22
- Duyfken point light K3297 in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-21
- Duyfken point light in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unreliable2026-09-20
- Chapman island light 12-53.08S 143-35.76E unlit2025-02-08
- Wednesday island light 10-30.40S 142-18.80E unlit2025-01-26
- Booby island light 10-36.30S 141-54.70E unreliable2024-12-06
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
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 84.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:58Z; 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.