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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

US5CA92M - ELK TO FORT BRAGG


INDEX:

NOTE A
AUTHORITIES
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
CAUTION - LIMITATIONS
RADAR REFLECTORS
POLLUTION REPORTS
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
CAUTION - TEMPORAR CHANGES
CAUTION - SUBMARINE PIPELINES AND CABLES
NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WATER LEVELS, CURRENTS, AND TIDES
COMMENTS REQUESTED
OFFSHORE VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
ADMINISTRATION AREA
WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER


NOTES:

NOTE A
Navigation regulations are published in Chapter 2, U.S. Coast Pilot 7. Additions or revisions to Chapter 2 are published in the Notice to Mariners. Information concerning the regulations may be obtained at the Office of the Commander, 11th Coast Guard District in Long Beach, CA or at the Office of the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers in San Francisco, California.
Refer to charted regulation section numbers.


AUTHORITIES
Hydrography and toporaphy by the National Ocean Service, Coast Survey, wih additional data from the Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Coast Guard.


SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Consult U.S. Coast Pilot 7 for important supplemental information.


CAUTION - LIMITATIONS
Limitations on the use of radio signals as aids to marine navigation can be found in the U.S. Coast Guard Light Lists and National Geospatial-intelligence Agency Publication 117. Radio direction-finder bearings to commercial broadcasting stations are subject to error and should be used with caution.


RADAR REFLECTORS
Radar reflectors have been placed on many floating aids to navigation. Individual radar reflector identification on these aids has been omitted from this chart.


POLLUTION REPORTS
Report all spills of oil and hazardous substances to the National Response Center via 1-800-424-8802 (toll free), or to the nearest U.S. Coast Guard facility if telephone communication is impossible (33 CFR 153).


AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Consult U.S. Coast Guard Light List for supplemental information concerning aids to navigation.


CAUTION - TEMPORAR CHANGES
Temporary changes or defects in aids to navigation are not indicated. See Notice to Mariners.


CAUTION - SUBMARINE PIPELINES AND CABLES
Additional uncharted submarine pipelines and submarine cables may exist within the area of this chart. Not all submarine pipelines and submarine cables are required to be buried, and those that were originally buried may have become exposed. Mariners should use extreme caution when operating vessels in depths of water comparable to their draft in areas where pipelines and cables may exist, and when anchoring, dragging, or trawling. Covered wells may be marked by lighted or unlighted buoys.


NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS
The NOAA Weather Radio stations listed below provide continuous weather broadcasts. The reception range is typically 20 to 40 nautical miles from the antenna site, but can be as much as 100 nautical miles for stations at high elevations.

Eureka, CA		KEC-82		162.400 MHz WX2
Point Arena, CA		KIH-30		162.550 MHz WX1


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information can be obtained at nauticalcharts.gov.	


WATER LEVELS, CURRENTS, AND TIDES
Real-time water levels, tide predictions, and tidal current predictions are available on the internet from NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) at https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html and https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/currents_info.html.


COMMENTS REQUESTED
NOAA encourages users to submit inquiries, discrepancies, or comments about this chart via NOAA's ASSIST tool at https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/customer-service/assist/.	


OFFSHORE VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the West Coast Offshore Vessel Traffic Risk Management Project, which was co-sponsored by the Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force and U.S. Guard Pacific Area, it is recommended that, where no other traffic management areas exist such as Traffic Separation Schemes, Vessel Traffic Services, or recommended routes, vessels 300 gross tons or larger transiting along the coast anywhere between Cook Inlet and San Diego should voluntarily stay a minimum distance of 25 nautical miles offshore. It is also recommended that tank ships laden with persistent petroleum products and transiting along the coast between Cook Inlet and San Diego should voluntarily stay a minimum distance of 50 nautical miles offshore. Vessels transiting short distances between adjacent ports should seek routing guidance as needed from the local Captain of the Port or VTS authority for that area. This recommendation is intended to reduce the potential for vessel groundings and resulting oil spills in the event of a vessel casualty.


ADMINISTRATION AREA
The entire extent of this ENC cell falls within the limits of administration area.this area covers land, internal waters, and territorial sea. The territorial sea is a maritime zone which the united states exercises sovereignty extending to the air space as well as to its bed and subsoil. For more information, please referto the coast pilot.	


WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER
The prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation, particularly on floating aids. See U.S. Coast Guard Light List and U.S. Coast Pilot for details.


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