RACON at flounder a platform 38-18.8S 148-26.3E inoperative
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 665/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-04-15 22:25Z
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 120/03 142148Z APR 03; AUSCOAST IOR EGC#700 142139Z APR 03; AUSSAR POR EGC#694 142103Z APR 03. Issued 2003-04-14 23:05Z. 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 -38.313, 148.438. 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
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V veritas searcher towing four mile long cable in area…cancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 33-58S 136-35E at 141709Z aprcancelled by this notice
- Jabal at tair light 15-32.5N 041-49.9E unlitlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2003-04-14 23:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 120/03 142148Z APR 03; AUSCOAST IOR EGC#700 142139Z APR 03; AUSSAR POR EGC#694 142103Z APR 03
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.313, 148.438
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 75240 (4TH ED). 1. RACON AT FLOUNDER A PLATFORM 38-18.8S 148-26.3E INOPERATIVE. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 623/03(74), SURVEY COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 664/03, SIGNAL CEASED.
Reading this warning
- 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
223 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- 8 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.5NM of position 39-51.73S 145-22.30E2026-07-06
- Cape schanck light 38-29.57S 144-53.19E unreliable2023-10-11
- Cape schanck light 38-29.57S 144-53.19E unlit2023-07-07
- Gabo island light 37-34.00S 149-55.00E unreliable2023-04-10
- Cliffy island light 38-57.05S 146-42.34E unlit2022-05-18
- Cliffy island light 38-57.1S 146-42.4E unreliable2022-05-01
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:05Z; 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.