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GREAT BRIDGE TO ALBEMARLE SOUND LIGHT 116 (LLNR 37615 [36°23.8837N / 075°57.2339W, 36.398061 / -75.953899]) DAMAGED AND MISSING BOTH DAYBOARDS.
1. THE FOLLOWING AIDS TO NAVIGATION HAVE BEEN RELOCATED DUE TO SHOALING.
A. NEW RIVER INLET BUOY 9 (LLNR 29710 [34°32.3851N / 077°20.4511W, 34.539752 / -77.340852]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-32-23.144N, 077-20-30.347W (34°32.3857N / 077°20.5058W, 34.539762 / -77.341763) .
B. NEW RIVER INLET BUOY 9A (LLNR 29712 [34°32.4617N / 077°20.4545W, 34.541028 / -77.340908]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-32-36.505N,077-20-32.825W (34°32.6084N / 077°20.5471W, 34.543474 / -77.342451) .
C. NEW RIVER INLET BUOY 10 (LLNR 29720 [34°32.5506N / 077°20.4761W, 34.542510 / -77.341268]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-32-33.234N, 077-20-30.432W (34°32.5539N / 077°20.5072W, 34.542565 / -77.341787) .
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1. THE FOLLOWING AIDS TO NAVIGATION HAVE BEEN RELOCATED DUE TO SHOALING.
A. BOGUE SOUND LIGHTED BUOY 10A (LLNR 38877 [34°43.4122N / 076°49.7452W, 34.723536 / -76.829087]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-43-24.573N, 076-49-49.371W (34°43.4095N / 076°49.8229W, 34.723492 / -76.830381) .
B. BOGUE SOUND LIGHTED BUOY 11A (LLNR 38883 [34°43.3937N / 076°49.8071W, 34.723228 / -76.830118]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-43-24.154N, 076-49-52.513W (34°43.4026N / 076°49.8752W, 34.723376 / -76.831254) .
1. BOGUE INLET SHOALING HAS INTESNSIFIED, SURVEY CONDUCTED SHOWS WORSENING SHOALING WITH MLLW CONSISTENCY BELOW 4′ IN CHANNEL. BOGUE INLET LB 1, 2, AND 3 HAVE BEEN TEMP DISESTABLISHED IN ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE MISLEADING SIGNALS. |
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1. THE FOLLOWING AIDS TO NAVIGATION HAVE BEEN RELOCATED DUE TO SHOALING.
A. NEW RIVER – CAPE FEAR RIVER BUOY 121 (LLNR 39597 [34°14.9771N / 077°46.9355W, 34.249618 / -77.782258]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-15-02.929N, 077-46-52.391W (34°15.0488N / 077°46.8732W, 34.250814 / -77.781220) .
B. NEW RIVER – CAPE FEAR RIVER BUOY 121A (LLNR 39598 [34°14.9396N / 077°46.9676W, 34.248994 / -77.782794]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-14-56.124N, 077-46-58.644W (34°14.9354N / 077°46.9774W, 34.248923 / -77.782957) .
C. NEW RIVER – CAPE FEAR RIVER BUOY 122 (LLNR 39601 [34°14.9677N / 077°46.9777W, 34.249461 / -77.782961]) RELOCATED TO APPROXIMATE POSITION: 34-15-05.930N, 077-46-50.721W (34°15.0988N / 077°46.8454W, 34.251647 / -77.780756) .
PUBLICATION–National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – U.S. Coast Pilot 3, Sandy Hook, NJ to Cape Henry, VA, 57th Edition, 2024, has been issued and is ready for free download and weekly updates at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html.
Only Print-on-Demand (POD) bound copies are available for purchase; visit www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/print-agents.html#coastpilot
The 2024 Edition cancels the preceding 2023 Edition and incorporates all previous corrections.
1. THERE IS HEAVY SHOALING BETWEEN BOGUE SOUND BUOY 12 (LLNR 38887 [34°43.4207N / 076°49.9372W, 34.723679 / -76.832287]) AND BOGUE SOUND BUOY 10A (38877). SHOALING EXTENDS INTO THE CHANNEL. |
NC – CAPE FEAR RIVER – DREDGE OPERATIONS
The Dredge BALTIMORE will commence dredging operations in the Cape Fear River on or about October 13, 2023. The project is expected to continue until approximately June 2024. The dredging work limits are approximately between Cape Fear River Lighted Buoy 18 (LLNR 30470 [33°54.7156N / 078°0.9890W, 33.911927 / -78.016483]) and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.
Scows will be towed from the jobsite to the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Area in approximate position: 33-43-10.4669 N, 078-02-40.4923 W.
The Dredge Operators will standby on channels #13 and #16 VHF-FM. Traffic should call 60 minutes prior to the expected time of passage. Project will be conducted twenty-four (24) hours per day seven (7) days a week. To facilitate dredging of the navigation channel, USCG may temporarily relocate or remove some Aids to Navigation.
Our thanks to Sarah Hill, Director of Dismal Swamp Welcome Center, for this notice.
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NC – VA – MD – DE – NJ – ATLANTIC OCEAN – OFFSHORE STRUCTURE PATON MARKING GUIDANCE
For Private Aids to Navigation (AtoN) applicants requesting Coast Guard permits to provide navigational markings on offshore wind farm structures in Fifth District-area waters, the following structure identification, lighting, sound signal, and Automated Identification System (AIS) capabilities are strongly recommended. Applicants should plan to apply for one Private Aid Permit per structure (to include all label(s), light(s), sound signals and AIS signals). Private AtoN Permit applications should be submitted no sooner than 60 days and no later than 365 days prior to
the need to activate a structure’s final markings. Additional specific recommendations include:
Tower/Electrical Service Platform (ESP) Identification:
• Uniquely lettered and numbered in an organized pattern as near to rows and columns as possible
• (Tower) Letters and numbers, visible at night, labelled to as near to 3 meters high as possible, rendered through use of retro-reflective or high contrast black, comparable to MilSpec #17038 or RAL 9005, to maximize visual range for nearby mariners, is strongly recommended • (ESP) Letters and numbers labelled to 1 meter high to visual range for nearby mariners.
• Visible above any servicing platforms
• Visible throughout a 360-degree arc from the water’s surface
• If feasible, also labelled below the servicing platform
• (Tower) All-around band, retro-reflective material (white, yellow or silver) is strongly recommended, visible through a 360 degree arc, at least 2 foot bands around the structure no less than 30 ft above MHHW.
• (Tower) Foundation base of all turbines should be painted yellow, comparable to MilSpec #23655 or RAL 1023, all around from Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) to 50 ft above MHHW
Lighting:
• Located on all structures, preferably on the servicing platform, visible throughout a 360-degree
arc from the water’s surface
• Corner Towers/Significant Peripheral Structures (SPSs): Quick flashing yellow (QY) energized at a five nautical mile range
• Outer Boundary Towers: Yellow 2.5 sec (FL Y 2.5s) energized at three nautical mile range
• Interior Towers: Yellow 6 sec or yellow 10 sec (FL Y 6/FL Y 10) energized at a two nautical mile range
• All lights should be synchronized by their structure location within the field of structures
Note: All temporary base, tower and construction components preceding the final structure completion must be marked with Quick Yellow (QY) obstruction lights visible throughout 360 degrees at a distance of 5NM. The QY flashing lights are outlined within the lighting plan during the PATON Permit process.
Sound Signals:
• Should be located on all structures located at corners/SPSs
• Sound every 30 seconds (4s Blast, 26s off)
• Set to project at a range of 2NM
• Should not exceed 3NM spacing between perimeter structures
• Must be Mariner Radio Activated Sound Signal (MRASS) activated by keying VHF Radio frequency
83A five times within ten seconds
• Timed to energize for 45 minutes from last VHF activation
Automated Information System (AIS) Transponder Signals:
• Each Significant Peripheral Structure, and Intermediate Peripheral Structure adjacent to a fairway or used to identify a designated vessel transit route through the farm or closely adjacent farms, shall be identified by a properly encoded AIS message 21.
• The structures may be marked with either physical or synthetic AIS message 21 as circumstances warrant; the broadcasts should be made at sufficient power to provide a relatively uniform coverage recommended to extend at least 8 nautical miles beyond the periphery of the wind farm to allow sufficient time for ship operators to detect and make any necessary course or speed alterations.
• Capable of transmitting signals marking the locations of all structures within the facility.
• Must be approved at the Coast Guard Headquarters level (CG-NAV) based on the Fifth Coast Guard District’s recommendation.
PATON Application can be requested through email to: D05-SMB-CGD5Waterways@uscg.mil
Please forward questions or feedback in an e-mail Matthew.K.Creelman2@uscg.mil or Ryan.P.Doody2@uscg.mil
Due to significant shoaling in Lockwood’s Folly Inlet of less than 2ft MLW across the entire channel, all buoys were removed at the end of March and early April. There is currently no safe path for navigation. Numerous charted shipwrecks exist in the Inlet that pose additional hazards to navigation at low and high tide. |
1. THE FOLLOWING AIDS TO NAVIGATION HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED TO DUE TO SEVER SHOALING IN INLET REDUCING DEPTHS TO TWO FEET MEAN LOW WATER. A. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET LIGHTED BUOY 2 (LLNR 31015 [33°54.4776N / 078°14.3764W, 33.907960 / -78.239606]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. B. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET BUOY 3 (LLNR 31020 [33°54.6221N / 078°14.3734W, 33.910369 / -78.239556]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. C. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET BUOY 4 (LLNR 31025 [33°54.7466N / 078°14.3558W, 33.912443 / -78.239264]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. D. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET BUOY 5 (LLNR 31027 [33°54.8607N / 078°14.3301W, 33.914345 / -78.238835]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. E. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET BUOY 6 (LLNR 31030 [33°54.9723N / 078°14.2527W, 33.916205 / -78.237545]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. F. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET BUOY 7 (LLNR 31035 [33°55.1134N / 078°14.2651W, 33.918556 / -78.237752]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. G. LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET BUOY 8 (LLNR 31040 [33°55.1326N / 078°14.2396W, 33.918877 / -78.237327]) – TEMPORALLY DISCONTINUED. |
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1. THE RESTRICTED AREAS IN THE NEW RIVER
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HATTERAS INLET CHANNEL LIGHTED BUOY 13A (LLNR 28735.3 [35°12.2796N / 075°43.8516W, 35.204660 / -75.730860]) AID REPORTED DAMAGED AND EXTINGUISHED |
BOGUE SOUND LIGHT 41 (LLNR 39025 [34°40.5818N / 077°2.2200W, 34.676364 / -77.037000]) RPTD DESTROYED |
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