Nav aids

Nga chart 74002 (2ND ed)

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2539/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-11-27 10:27Z

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 291/10 222250Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-23 09:25Z. 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 -24.038, 151.358. 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 Coral Sea →

issued: 2010-11-23 09:25Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AUSCOAST 291/10 222250Z NOV 10.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Coral Sea
position: -24.038, 151.358
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-EAST COAST.
NGA CHART 74002 (2ND ED).
GLADSTONE DGPS STATION 24-02.3S 151-21.5E INOPERATIVE.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
GNSS / GPS: Satellite positioning — GPS and other systems — and the testing, jamming and interference that make it unreliable in an area.
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.

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

157 within 180 nm since 1998 · 4 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2026-08-27
North reef RACON alrs vol 2 number K3014 in position 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2026-08-26
RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.20E unreliable2026-04-17
Sandy cape light 24-43.80S 153-12.50E changed to fl w 13 sec 20NM2025-11-26
RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2024-11-03
North reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unlit2024-11-03

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

RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliableNav aids · 59.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:09Z; 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.