REMINDER: LNM: near AICW MM 321, USCG All ATONs Removed Due to Severe Shoaling, Lockwoods Folly Inlet, NC
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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