Stephens island light 40-39.9S 174-00.0E unlit
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 3278/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-11-13 23:58Z
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) · RCC NEW ZEALAND 196/21 132109Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-13 22:38Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -40.665, 174.000. 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 3278/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2021-11-13 22:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC NEW ZEALAND 196/21 132109Z NOV 21.
- issued by
- RCC NEW ZEALAND
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -40.665, 174.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN BAY. NEW ZEALAND. DNC 06. STEPHENS ISLAND LIGHT 40-39.9S 174-00.0E UNLIT.
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.
- 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
78 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- Barrett reef buoy 41-21.15S 174-50.11E missing2026-02-16
- South breakwater light 42-26.40S 171-11.43E unreliable2024-05-06
- Taupo maritime radio 38-52.16S 176-26.13E hf ssb and dsc unreliable2023-09-06
- Taupo maritime radio 38-52.2S 176-26.1E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-08-31
- Odas buoy established in 39-59.00S 174-08.00E2023-06-10
- Taupo maritime radio 38-52.20S 176-26.10E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-04-18
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 02:56Z; 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.