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Australia-northeast Coast

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 884/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-31 09:57Z

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 84/12 280620Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-28 06:56Z. 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: Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -23.187, 151.903. 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 Coral Sea →

issued: 2012-03-28 06:56Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AUSCOAST 84/12 280620Z MAR 12.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Coral Sea
position: -23.187, 151.903
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST.
CHART 74200
NORTH REEF LIGHT 23-11.2S 151-54.2E UNLIT.

Reading this warning

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

169 within 180 nm since 1998 · 4 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.

RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2026-08-27
North reef RACON alrs vol 2 number K3014 in position 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2026-08-26
RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.20E unreliable2026-04-17
Sandy cape light 24-43.80S 153-12.50E changed to fl w 13 sec 20NM2025-11-26
RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliable2024-11-03
North reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unlit2024-11-03

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 23:54Z; 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.