Swan island light 40-43.8S 148-07.3E unlit
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 405/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-03-09 07:40Z
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 084/00 081013Z MAR; VAFB 45 RANS SCHEDULING CENTER OP #W0600 081035Z MAR 00. Issued 2000-03-08 11:15Z. 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 -40.730, 148.122. 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
- Hazardous operations 0731Z to 1501Z daily 08 thru 10 mar in area bound by 12-14N 171-22E, 13-12N 172-54E,…cancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operations 0701Z to 1601Z daily 08 thru 10 mar in areas bound by: a. 11-10N 167-36E, 11-21N…cancelled by this notice
- Cat island light 39-57.5S 148-21.5E unreliablelater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2000-03-08 11:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 084/00 081013Z MAR; VAFB 45 RANS SCHEDULING CENTER OP #W0600 081035Z MAR 00
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -40.730, 148.122
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 75213 (2ND ED). 1. SWAN ISLAND LIGHT 40-43.8S 148-07.3E UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 375/00(81) AND 376(81), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
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.
- 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
136 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
- Tasman island light 43-14.37S 148-00.30E unreliable2024-03-04
- Highfield point light 40-44.33S 145-17.39E unreliable2024-01-20
- Highfield point light 40-44.32S 145-17.39E unlit2023-03-29
- Cliffy island light 38-57.05S 146-42.34E unlit2022-05-18
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
146 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 10:09Z; 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.