Point quobba light 24-28.8S 113-25.1E range reduced to 12 miles and temporarily changed to: fl (4) w 16 sec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 816/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-07-01 23:35Z
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 35/18 020455Z MAR 18.. Issued 2018-03-02 07:52Z. 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 -24.480, 113.418. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 816/18 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2018-03-02 07:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 35/18 020455Z MAR 18.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -24.480, 113.418
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 04. CHART 74530. POINT QUOBBA LIGHT 24-28.8S 113-25.1E RANGE REDUCED TO 12 MILES AND TEMPORARILY CHANGED TO: FL (4) W 16 SEC.
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.
- 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.
- Light characteristic
- The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
72 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.
- Point cloates light 22-42.57S 113-40.86E unlit2026-03-28
- North west cape light 21-48.40S 114-09.60E2024-11-11
- Cape st cricq light 25-16.18S 113-04.59E unlit2023-09-01
- North west cape light 21-48.40S 114-09.60E unlit2023-05-16
- North west cape light 21-48.37S 114-09.61E unlit2023-04-18
- North west cape light 21-48.37S 114-09.62E unreliable2023-04-13
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 01:57Z; 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.