Cape willoughby light 35-50.6S 138-08.0E changed to: fl (3) w 15 sec 11 miles
Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 301/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-04-29 02:10Z
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 53/03 180707Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-18 12:40Z. 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
- Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -35.843, 138.133. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 301/03 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2003-02-18 12:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 53/03 180707Z FEB 03
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -35.843, 138.133
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 75130 (16TH ED). CAPE WILLOUGHBY LIGHT 35-50.6S 138-08.0E CHANGED TO: FL (3) W 15 SEC 11 MILES.
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.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
170 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- West cape light 35-14.70S 136-49.44E unreliable2025-01-17
- Cape donington light 35-43.59S 135-59.63E unreliable2024-12-21
- South neptunes light 35-20.28S 136-07.04E unreliable2024-09-20
- Warburto point light 34-00.37S 137-33.04E unreliable2024-04-30
- Point marsden light 35-34.05S 137-37.24E unlit2024-01-09
- Althorpe island light 35-22.10S 136-51.50E unreliable2023-12-19
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 2026-10-03 19:14Z; 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.