150°55'0"E 151°0'0"E 151°5'0"E

Location of Public Moorings and

Reef Protection Areas
in the Keppel Islands
23°0'0"S

23°0'0"S
Class of Maximum Maximum
mooring vessel length wind speed
Coral Sea X T 6m - tender only 24 knots
10m - monohull
X A
9m - multihull
24 knots
20m - monohull
X B
18m - multihull
34 knots
Pleasant (Conical) Island 25m - monohull
X C
22m - multihull
34 knots
Corroboree
D 35m - monohull
(Te-ri-mul) North Keppel X 34 knots
30m - multihull
Island (Ko-no-mie)
Island
XL Outer (O-nun) Rocks #
* Reef Protection Area (RPA)
23°5'0"S

23°5'0"S
Outer Rock
X1 x A

Pumpkin Islands
X
Man and Wife Rocks
Sloping Island
X 1 x B X1 x B
#
* RPA X
Big Peninsula
X 1 x B
#
* RPA Barren Island
X1 x A
X1 x B
#
* RPA

Middle X
The Child
Miall (Ma-ma-lon-bi) Island (Ba-la-ba)
Island
XX
Bald Rock
23°10'0"S

23°10'0"S
X1 x A Barren
X (A-rum-mi)
Shelving Beach Great Keppel (First Lump)
X1 x A (Wop-pa) Island
#
* RPA Island
X
X
Monkey Beach Halfway Island
X1 x A
X1 x B Humpy
#
* RPA (Bur-ye-Bur-ye)
Island
Humpy Island
#
* RPA

Pelican Island
23°15'0"S

23°15'0"S

Wedge Island

Divided Island (No 2)

Divided Island (No 1)

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Kilometres

Map Projection: Unprojected Geographics

23°20'0"S

23°20'0"S

Map Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994

Names are not necessarily authoritative
Peak Island SDC121013d May 2018
150°55'0"E 151°0'0"E 151°5'0"E
 Max.
Installed latitude Installed longitude
LOCATION Mooring vessel
GDA94 ddm GDA94 ddm
class length
Bald Rock A 10m 23° 10.210' S 150° 59.561' E
Barren Island A 10m 23° 09.295' S 151° 04.484' E
Barren Island B 20m 23° 09.448' S 151° 04.290' E
Big Peninsula B 20m 23° 08.986' S 150° 58.419' E
Man and Wife Rocks B 20m 23° 06.973' S 150° 59.495' E
Monkey Beach A 10m 23° 11.658' S 150° 56.186' E
B 20m 23° 11.693' S 150° 56.171' E
Outer Rock A 10m 23° 03.757' S 150° 57.119' E
Shelving Beach A 10m 23° 11.272' S 150° 56.025' E
Sloping Island B 20m 23° 05.875 S 150° 53.888 E
Disclaimer: The above published positions are correct to the best of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service’s knowl-
edge at June 2018. No guarantee is given that the moorings are in the location shown in the table. Vessel skippers should verify the mooring positions with their own GPS
equipment prior to attempting to access the moorings. Particular care should be taken in accessing the moorings in poor weather, reduced visibility, or at night.
Instructions to vessel masters:
1. Vessel masters are solely responsible for the safety of their vessel while using the public moorings
2. A watch must be kept at all times while the vessel is on the mooring
3. Be aware of changing weather and sea conditions and your proximity to obstacles, including coral and other vessels, and how these may be affected by mooring swing
4. Refer to instructions specified or included on the tag or buoy.

Public moorings
Public moorings are installed at popular locations and have blue double cone-shaped buoys with a colour-coded band
attached. This band tells you the class (vessel length), time limits and maximum wind strength limits applying to the mooring.
A large number of privately-owned moorings also exist in the marine parks and you should have the owner’s permission
before using these moorings.

Using public moorings

To protect fragile reefs in high-use areas, rules to help stop misuse of public moorings and reef protection markers are in
place. While there have always been rules around the use of moorings, the rules have been updated to outline what is
considered misuse of public moorings. This includes:
• exceeding time limits
• attaching more than one vessel to a public mooring
• rafting-up – attaching multiple vessels in a chain when one vessel is attached to the mooring
• altering the mooring
• not following the instructions on the mooring.
These rules are to help make sure public moorings continue to be available for everyone’s use. It’s about playing fair while
out on the water. Anyone found to be misusing a public mooring or public infrastructure may be issued with a penalty
infringement notice.
The appropriate use of public moorings is outlined in Regulation 171 of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019.
For further information on anchoring and mooring, visit www.gbrmpa.gov.au.

Reef Protection Areas

Some reef areas are particularly vulnerable to anchor damage. Six Reef Protection Areas can be found in the Keppel Islands
and anchoring is not allowed in these areas. These areas are often marked by reef protection markers, which are white
pyramid-shaped buoys with a blue label.
The six Reef Protection Areas are located at:
• Barren Island
• Big Peninsula
• Humpy Island
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