Ackers point light 46-53.7S 168-09.8E red sector unreliable
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2788/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-08-24 20:09Z
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) · CNW 186/17 170620Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-17 07:11Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -46.895, 168.163. 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
- Ackers point light 46-53.7S 168-09.8E unlitcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2788/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-08-17 07:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CNW 186/17 170620Z AUG 17.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -46.895, 168.163
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. TASMAN SEA. NEW ZEALAND-SOUTH COAST. DNC 06. CHART 76120. 1. ACKERS POINT LIGHT 46-53.7S 168-09.8E RED SECTOR UNRELIABLE. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2759/17.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
28 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Taiaroa head light 45-46.42S 170-43.73E unlit2023-08-04
- Cape saunders light 45-52.83S 170-43.70E unlit2022-11-07
- Taiaroa head light 45-46.4S 170-43.7E unlit2018-09-20
- Ackers point light 46-53.7S 168-09.8E unlit2017-08-15
- Nugget point light 46-27S 169-50E unlit2015-04-30
- Tautuku peninsula light 46-36.7S 169-26.2E unreliable2014-11-13
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
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:23Z; 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.