Nav aids

South Pacific: Fiji. North Ovalau Island light at 17-33.81S 178-50.92E is unlit.

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 808/26

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 2026-03-17 05:24Z. 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 -17.564, 178.849. 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: 2026-03-17 05:24Z
status: Listed in force
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -17.564, 178.849
nearest port: Suva · 42 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
FIJI.
DNC 06.
NORTH OVALAU ISLAND LIGHT 17-33.81S 178-50.92E
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

57 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

Vuna point light 16-57.86S 179-51.80E unlit2025-12-02
Na tumbari range, s entrance, rear light 17-40.97S 178-49.92E unlit2024-04-30
Suva harbor north side rear range light 18-05.91S 178-24.34E unlit2024-04-19
Momi bay light 17-54.86S 177-16.45E unlit2024-02-12
North side range light, rear 18-05.91S 178-24.34E unlit2023-02-19
Naikorokoro point light 17-38.49S 177-23.12E unlit2023-01-30

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 2026-10-01 05:01Z; 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.