Cancel HYDROPAC 161/14
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 318/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-02-02 06:49Z
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 26/14 301124Z JAN 14.. Issued 2014-01-31 14:24Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -20.387, 117.427. 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
- Australia-northwest Coastcancelled by this notice
- Derelict 16 meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in 33-35.15S 151-30.10E at 020600Z feblater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2014-01-31 14:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 26/14 301124Z JAN 14.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -20.387, 117.427
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. CHART 74493 1. PORT WALCOTT C1 BUOY 20-23.22S 117-25.59E OFF STATION AND UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 161/14.
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.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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
168 within 180 nm since 1998 · 3 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.
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliable2026-09-28
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-45.73S…2026-02-27
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-57.09S…2025-12-22
- RACON at port hedland C1 light in 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-05-24
- Mary anne reef light 21-15.70S 115-27.80E unlit2023-05-08
- RACON at port hedland C1 light 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-03-10
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
- Special purpose vessel ve constructor / H9YT / 373335000 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 79.4 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel ve constructor in area bound by 19-12.00S…Surveys · 79.4 nm
- Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 96.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:35Z; 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.