Nav aids

Udu Point light in Fiji, at 16-07.53S 179-57.21W, is unlit.

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 622/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-03-02 13:34Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -16.125, -179.953. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2026-03-02 13:34Z
status: Listed in force
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -16.125, -179.953
nearest port: Savusavu · 59 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
FIJI.
DNC 06.
UDU POINT LIGHT IN 16-07.53S 179-57.21W 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.

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

16 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlit2026-05-20
Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.35W unlit2022-05-18
Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-09-01
Nggele levu light 16-05.5S 179-09.0W unlit2018-05-14
Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-01-11
Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperative2004-12-17

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

Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlitNav aids · 46.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 18:08Z; 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.