Nga chart 74200 (8TH ed)
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2888/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-10-15 06:06Z
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 253/11 140641Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-14 10:04Z. 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 -24.023, 151.763. 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
- issued
- 2011-10-14 10:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 253/11 140641Z OCT 11.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -24.023, 151.763
- 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 74200 (8TH ED). BUSTARD HEAD LIGHT 24-01.4S 151-45.8E 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
166 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- 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
- Point cartwright light 26-40.80S 153-08.30E unreliable2024-11-14
- RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2024-11-03
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
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 2026-10-01 19:45Z; 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.