Dgps service at cape schanck light 38-38S 144-53E off air
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 395/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-05-11 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-05-10 07:10Z. 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 parsed report position is -38.633, 144.883. 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
- Pipe trenching operations in progress until further notice by M/V canning tide in area between 38-28S 38-34S…cancelled by this notice
- Oceanographic operations in progress until further notice by M/V ocean voyager in areas bound by: a. 08-14S…cancelled by this notice
- Varzin C1 buoy 10-32.6S 141-52.2E unlitcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 392/99, light float permanently replaced by buoy and RACON with same characteristicslater cancellation notice
- issued
- 1999-05-10 07:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.633, 144.883
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 75170 (12TH ED). 1. DGPS SERVICE AT CAPE SCHANCK LIGHT 38-38S 144-53E OFF AIR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 171/99, OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 290/99(22). 4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 378/99(74), AID RESTORED.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- GNSS / GPS
- Satellite positioning — GPS and other systems — and the testing, jamming and interference that make it unreliable in an area.
- 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.
- 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
227 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 · 88.9 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 88.9 nm
- Drill rig transocean equinox / V7A7397 / 538010767 in position 38-46.20S 142-48.80E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 97.3 nm
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 106 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 106 nm
- 2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…Nav aids · 107.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:37Z; 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.