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LATERAL SYSTEM AS SEEN ENTERING FROM SEAWARD

PORT SIDE PREFERRED CHANNEL PREFERRED CHANNEL STARBOARD SIDE
ODD NUMBERED AIDS NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED EVEN NUMBERED AIDS
PREFERRED PREFERRED RED LIGHT ONLY
GREEN LIGHT ONLY CHANNEL TO
CHANNEL TO FLASHING (2)
FLASHING (2) STARBOARD PORT FLASHING
FLASHING TOPMOST BAND TOPMOST BAND OCCULTING
OCCULTING GREEN RED QUICK FLASHING
QUICK FLASHING ISO
ISO GREEN LIGHT ONLY RED LIGHT ONLY

COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1)

"2"
R "8"
"1" G "9" FI R 6s
FI R 4s
FI G 6s FI G 4s GR "A" RG "B" LIGHT
FI (2+1) G 6s FI (2+1) R 6s LIGHTED BUOY
LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY

2
G
G
"5"
C "9"
GR
"U" GR RG RG R R
C "S" N "C" "G" N "6" "2"
CAN DAYBEACON

CAN NUN NUN DAYBEACON

AIDS TO NAVIGATION HAVING NO LATERAL SIGNIFICANCE

ISOLATED DANGER SAFE WATER
NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED
WHITE LIGHT ONLY WHITE LIGHT ONLY MORSE CODE
FI (2) 5s Mo (A)

RW "N" RW RW RW "N"
Mo (A) "A" SP "B"
C LIGHTED
AND/OR SOUND
MR SPHERICAL UNLIGHTED
AND/OR SOUND

BR "A" BR "C" RANGE DAYBOARDSÑMAY BE LETTERED

FI (2) 5s
KGW KWG KWB KBW KWR KRW KRB KBR KGB KBG KGR KRG
LIGHTED UNLIGHTED

DAYBOARDS - MAY BE LETTERED

WHITE LIGHT ONLY
SPECIAL MARKS - MAY BE LETTERED
NR NG NB YELLOW LIGHT ONLY
FIXED
FLASHING

Y Y Y "A" SHAPE OPTIONAL--BUT SELECTED TO BE APPROPRIATE

FOR THE POSITION OF THE MARK IN RELATION TO THE Y "B"
RW GW BW C "A" N "C" Bn FI
NAVIGABLE WATERWAY AND THE DIRECTION
Bn Bn Bn
OF BUOYAGE.
UNLIGHTED LIGHTED

Aids to Navigation marking the TYPICAL INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKS

Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) display INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKERS
NW

W
unique yellow symbols to distinguish WHEN LIGHTED, INFORMATION AND REGULATORY
MARKS MAY DISPLAY ANY WHITE LIGHT RHYTHM
Bn

EXCEPT QUICK FLASHING, Mo(A), AND FLASHING (2)

them from aids marking other waters.
Yellow triangles indicate aids BOAT DANGER CONTROLLED
EXCLUSION AREA

should be passed by keeping them on AREA ROCK SLOW

the starboard (right) hand of the SWIM AREA NO WAKE

vessel. Yellow squares indicate aids MOORING

BUOY
should be passed by keeping them on WHITE WITH BLUE BAND
EXPLAINATION MAY BE PLACED
OUTSIDE THE CROSSED DIAMOND
SHAPE, SUCH AS DAM, RAPIDS,
SWIM AREA, ETC.
THE NATURE OF DANGER MAY
BE INDICATED INSIDE THE
TYPE OF CONTROL IS INDICATED
IN THE CIRCLE, SUCH AS SLOW,
DIAMOND SHAPE, SUCH AS ROCK, NO WAKE, ANCHORING, ETC.
WRECK, SHOAL, DAM, ETC.

MAY SHOW WHITE

the port (left) hand of the vessel. A REFLECTOR OR LIGHT
MULLET LAKE
INFORMATION BUOY USED TO DISPLAY
REGULATORY MARKERS
MAY SHOW WHITE LIGHT
MAY BE LETTERED

yellow horizontal band provides BLACK RIVER

no lateral information, but simply FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION

SUCH AS DIRECTIONS, DISTANCES,
identifies aids as marking the ICW. LOCATIONS, ETC.
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REGION B - by day
Preferred Channel 3

Secondary Channel

REGION-B - by night
Preferred Channel
Secondary Channel
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"1"
"2" "2"
FI (2) G 6s
Iso R 6s FI R 4s

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N "2"
G "7"
FI G 4s R "8" "1" G
FI R 4s
AL WATERWAY
R "2" Iso G 4s C "3"
IN T R A C O AST
R "6"
G "5" FI (2) R 6s
G "3" FI (2) G 6s

R "4"
Oc R 6s
Iso R 6s

BR G "3"
FI (2) 5s R "2"
QR
G "3"
FI G 6s

RG
FI (2+1) R 6s

RW
Bn

G "1" R "2"
Iso G 4s FI R 6s

R
N "2"

G
RW C "3"
Mo (A)

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on the Western River System

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AS SEEN ENTERING FROM SEAWARD

PORT SIDE STARBOARD SIDE
PR E FE RR E D C HANNE L
OR R IG HT DE S C E NDING B A NK OR L E F T DE S C E NDING B A NK
MARK JUNCTIONS AND OBSTRUCTIONS
COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1)
GREEN OR WHITE LIGHTS RED OR WHITE LIGHTS

P R E F E R R E D C HA NNE L P R E F E R R E D C HA NNE L FLASHING (2)

FLASHING TO S TA R B OA R D TO P OR T ISO
ISO
TOPMOST BAND GREEN TOPMOST BAND RED
FI (2+1) G FI (2+1) R

LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY NUN

LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY CAN

JG JR
MAY BE
CNG LIGHTED
TR CNR

SG

DAYBOARDS HAVING NO LATERAL SIGNIFICANCE PASSING DAYBEACON CROSSING DAYBEACON

PASSING DAYBEACON CROSSING DAYBEACON

MAY BE LETTERED WHITE LIGHT ONLY

NB

176.9 A
MILE BOARD
123.5
MILE BOARD

SPECIAL MARKS--MAY BE LETTERED

SHAPE: OPTIONAL--BUT SELECTED TO BE APPROPRIATE

YELLOW LIGHT ONLY
NY FOR THE POSITION OF THE MARK IN RELA TION TO THE
A B NAVIGABLE WATERWAY AND THE DIRECTION FIXED
OF BUOYAGE. FLASHING
C
A MOORING
BUOY
WHITE WITH BLUE BAND

MAY SHOW WHITE

REFLECTOR OR LIGHT
UNLIGHTED LIGHTED

TYPICAL INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKS NW WHITE LIGHT ONLY

STATE WATERS
INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKERS
WHEN LIGHTED, INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKS
MAY DISPLAY ANY LIGHT RHYTHM EXCEPT QUICK FLASHING, Mo(a) DANG E R

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AND FLASHING (2)

BOAT CONTROLLED
EXCLUSION AREA
AREA DANGER
R OC K S L OW INL A ND (S TAT E ) WAT E R S OB S T R UC T ION MA R K
MAY SHOW WHITE
REFLECTOR OR QUICK FLASHING WHITE LIGHT

S WIM AR E A NO W AK E

EXPLAINATION MAY BE PLACED THE NATURE OF DANGER MAY

TYPE OF CONTROL IS INDICATED
OUTSIDE THE CROSSED DIAMOND BE INDICATED INSIDE THE
IN THE CIRCLE, SUCH AS SLOW,
SHAPE, SUCH AS DAM, RAPIDS, DIAMOND SHAPE, SUCH AS ROCK,
NO WAKE, ANCHORING, ETC.
SWIM AREA, ETC. WRECK, SHOAL, DAM, ETC.
BLACK-STRIPED
WHITE BUOY
MUL L E T L A K E INFORMATION
B L A C K R IV E R
Used to indicate an obstruction to navigation,
extends from the nearest shore to the buoy. This
means "do not pass between the buoy and the
nearest shore." This aid is replacing the red and
white striped buoy within the USWMS, but cannot
FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION BUOY USED TO DISPLAY be used until all red and white striped buoys on a
SUCH AS DIRECTIONS, DISTANCES, MAY SHOW WHITE LIGHT
REGULATORY MARKERS waterway have been replaced.
LOCATIONS, ETC. MAY BE LETTERED
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