Swan island light 40-43-39S 148-07-33E range reduced to 15 miles
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 851/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-05-08 23:00Z
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 70/22 310435Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-31 05:37Z. 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 -40.727, 148.126. 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 851/22 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-03-31 05:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 70/22 310435Z MAR 22.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -40.727, 148.126
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. TASMANIA. DNC 05. SWAN ISLAND LIGHT 40-43-39S 148-07-33E RANGE REDUCED TO 15 MILES.
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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
136 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Table cape light k K3532 in position 40-56.80S 145-43.74E unreliable2026-08-18
- 8 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.5NM of position 39-51.73S 145-22.30E2026-07-06
- Tasman island light 43-14.37S 148-00.30E unreliable2024-03-04
- Highfield point light 40-44.33S 145-17.39E unreliable2024-01-20
- Highfield point light 40-44.32S 145-17.39E unlit2023-03-29
- Cliffy island light 38-57.05S 146-42.34E unlit2022-05-18
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
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:01Z; 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.