Australia-northeast coast DNC 04
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 79/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-16 09:40Z
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 6/16 102151Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-10 22:22Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -19.815, 115.360. 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
- Lifeboat and numberous logs adrift at 160224Z jan vicinity: a. 23-32.7N 122-58.2Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-01-10 22:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 6/16 102151Z JAN 16.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -19.815, 115.360
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST DNC 04. CHART 74515. BUOY, FL W 3 SEC, ESTABLISHED IN 19-48.9S 115-21.6E.
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.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
233 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliable2026-09-28
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-45.73S…2026-02-27
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-57.09S…2025-12-22
- North west cape light 21-48.40S 114-09.60E2024-11-11
- RACON at port hedland C1 light in 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-05-24
- North west cape light 21-48.40S 114-09.60E unlit2023-05-16
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
- Special purpose vessel nexans aurora / LALC8 / 257682000 conducting cable laying operations from 19 52.44S…Cable ops · 34.3 nm
- Drill rig jansz FCS/995031119 in position 19-52.73S 114-36.50E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 42.6 nm
- Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 43.7 nm
- Special purpose vessel ve constructor / H9YT / 373335000 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 80.7 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel ve constructor in area bound by 19-12.00S…Surveys · 80.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:34Z; 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.