Sub-surface mooring buoys, at depth ten meters, established in area bound by 39-04.10S 146-43.35E, 38-26.67S…
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 3274/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-15 03:41Z
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 309/20 052341Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-06 00:06Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3274/20 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2020-11-06 00:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 309/20 052341Z NOV 20.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.756, 146.944
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. SUB-SURFACE MOORING BUOYS, AT DEPTH TEN METERS, ESTABLISHED IN AREA BOUND BY 39-04.10S 146-43.35E, 38-26.67S 146-43.35E, 38-26.67S 147-09.95E, 39-04.10S 147-09.95E.
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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
265 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Table cape light k K3532 in position 40-56.80S 145-43.74E unreliable2026-08-18
- 8 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.5NM of position 39-51.73S 145-22.30E2026-07-06
- Stokes point light 40-08.96S 143-55.53E unlit2024-04-29
- Highfield point light 40-44.33S 145-17.39E unreliable2024-01-20
- Cape schanck light 38-29.57S 144-53.19E unreliable2023-10-11
- Cape schanck light 38-29.57S 144-53.19E unlit2023-07-07
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:01Z; 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.