RACON at gubbins reef light 15-42.6S 145-23.8E unreliable
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2221/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-12-28 07:27Z
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 357/05 261829Z DEC 05.. Issued 2005-12-26 19:25Z. 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 -15.710, 145.397. 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
- Man overboard from M/V ocean duke vicinity 06-19N 078-07Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2005-12-26 19:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 357/05 261829Z DEC 05.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -15.710, 145.397
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 74261 (9TH ED). RACON AT GUBBINS REEF LIGHT 15-42.6S 145-23.8E UNRELIABLE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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
267 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 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.
- Eden reef light in 14-04.63S 143-55.01E unreliable2026-08-28
- Eden reef light K3226.6 in position 14-04.63S 143-55.01E unreliable2026-08-28
- South barrow islet light 14-20.79S 144-39.16E unlit2026-04-17
- RACON at diamond reign light 13-11.56S 143-47.55E unreliable2025-10-24
- Stainer island light in 13-58.06S 143-50.23E2025-06-16
- RACON at gubbins reef light 15-42.58S 145-23.83E unreliable2025-06-14
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 2026-10-02 20:49Z; 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.