Cape otway light 38-51.4S 143-30.7E unreliable
Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 3502/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-10-27 05:42Z
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 314/19 240756Z OCT 19.. Issued 2019-10-24 08:34Z. 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 -38.857, 143.512. 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 3502/19 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2019-10-24 08:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 314/19 240756Z OCT 19.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -38.857, 143.512
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. BASS STRAIT. AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. CAPE OTWAY LIGHT 38-51.4S 143-30.7E UNRELIABLE.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
178 within 180 nm since 1999 · 12 in the last 12 months · 3 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.
- 12 six meter buoys, yellow, fl w 3 sec, temporarily established in area within two miles of 38-41.03S…2026-09-08
- 12 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.5NM of position 38-41.03S…2026-09-08
- Two six meter buoys, yellow, fl w 3 sec, temporarily established in area within one mile of 38-47.19S…2026-09-07
- 2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…2026-09-07
- 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
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
- Great australian bightCable ops · 33.5 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 33.5 nm
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 41.4 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 41.4 nm
- 2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…Nav aids · 42.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:06Z; 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.