RACON saumarez reef light 21-39.6S 153-46.0E unreliable
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 4190/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-28 10:45Z
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) · NAVAREA X 92/15 230627Z DEC 15 - SHGA 24 DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-24 14:48Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -21.660, 153.767. 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
- Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in 37-44.05S 149-35.04Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2015-12-24 14:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA X 92/15 230627Z DEC 15 - SHGA 24 DEC 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -21.660, 153.767
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. DNC 05. CHART 74002. 1. RACON SAUMAREZ REEF LIGHT 21-39.6S 153-46.0E UNRELIABLE. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 4179/15(75).
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.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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
81 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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.
- RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2026-08-27
- North reef RACON alrs vol 2 number K3014 in position 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2026-08-26
- RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.20E unreliable2026-04-17
- RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2024-11-03
- North reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unlit2024-11-03
- Lady elliott island light 24-06.87S 152-42.69E unreliable2023-07-04
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 04:34Z; 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.