Nav aids

Perpendicular Point Light in Tasman Sea, Australia at 35-05.65S 150-48.25E, temporarily changed to flashing (3) white every 20 seconds.

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 2333/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-21 15:40Z

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 in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-14 08:24Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-23 13:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -35.094, 150.804. 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 Tasman Sea →

issued: 2026-08-14 08:24Z
status: Cancelled notice
sea: Tasman Sea
position: -35.094, 150.804
nearest port: Port Kembla · 38 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
AUSTRALIA.
PERPENDICULAR POINT LIGHT 35-05.65S 150-48.25E
TEMPORARILY CHANGED TO FL (3) W 20 SEC.

Reading this warning

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.
Light characteristic: The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.

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

174 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.

Point perpendicular light temporarily changed to fl (3) w 20 sec in 35-05.65S 150-48.25E2023-08-18
Gabo island light 37-34.00S 149-55.00E unreliable2023-04-10
Nobby's head light 32-55.12S 151-47.91E unlit2022-10-26
Nobby's head light 32-55.12S 151-47.91E unlit2022-10-20
Point perpendicular light temporarily changed to fl (3) w 20 sec in 35-05.70S 150-48.20E2022-08-18
Wollongong head light 34-25-19S 150-54-34E unlit2020-05-25

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

138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 12:45Z; 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.