NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION US5CA44 - SAN JOAQUIN RIVER INDEX: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION RADAR REFLECTORS POLLUTION REPORTS CAUTION CAUTION NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS BRIDGE AND OVERHEAD CABLE CLEARANCES CAUTION-SUBMARINE PIPELINES AND CABLES RULES OF THE ROAD (ABRIDGED) CAUTION-WARNING CONCERNING LARGE VESSELS CAUTION VESSEL TRANSITING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AUTHORITIES WARNING CAUTION PROMOTE SAFE NAVIGATION CABLE FERRIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TIDAL INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Consult U.S. Coast Pilot 7 for important supplemental information. 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). CAUTION Temporary changes or defects in aids to navigation are not indicated on this chart. See Local Notice to Mariners. CAUTION Improved channels are subject to shoaling, particularly at the edges. 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. Mt. Pise, CA KHB-49 162.40 MHz WX2 Sacramento, CA KEC-57 162.55 MHz WX1 BRIDGE AND OVERHEAD CABLE CLEARANCES Clearances are charted as furnished by the Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard. Overhead cable clearances are referred to high water. Bridge clearances are referred to High Water (HW) and Low Water (LW). CAUTION-SUBMARINE PIPELINE 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. RULES OF THE ROAD (ABRIDGED) Motorless craft have the right-of-way in almost all cases. Sailing vessels and motorboats less than 19.8 meters/65 feet in length shall not hamper, in a narrow channel, the safe passage of a vessel which can navigate only inside that channel. A motorboat being overtaken has the right-of-way. Motorboats approaching head to head or nearly so should pass port to port. When motorboats approach each other at right angles or obliquely, the boat on the right has the right-of-way in most cases. Motorboats must keep to the right in narrow channels when safe and practicable. Mariners are urged to become familiar with the complete text of the Rules of the Road in U.S. Coast Guard publication "Navigation Rules." CAUTION-WARNING CONCERNING LARGE VESSELS The "Rules of the Road" state that recreational boats shall not impede the passage of a vessel that can navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway. Large vessels may appear to move slowly due to their large size but actually transit at speeds in excess of 22.2 kilometers per hour/12 knots, requiring a great distance in which to maneuver or stop. A large vessel's superstructure may block the wind with the result that sailboats and sailboards may unexpectedly find themselves unable to maneuver. Bow and stern waves can be hazardous to small vessels. Large vessels may not be able to see small craft close to their bows. CAUTION Small craft should stay clear of large commercial and government vessels even if small craft have the right-of-way. All craft should avoid areas where the skin divers flag, a red square with a diagonal white stripe, is displayed. VESSEL TRANSITING The U.S. Coast Guard and Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force endorse a system of voluntary measures and minimum distances from shore for certain commercial vessels transiting along the coast anywhere between Cook Inlet, Alaska, and San Diego, California. See U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Chapter 3 for details. For Tidal Information see the NOS Tide Table publication or go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional Information can be obtained at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov AUTHORITIES Hydrography and topography by the National Ocean Service, Coast Survey, with additional data from the Corps of Engineers, Geological Survey, and U.S. Coast Guard. WARNING 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. CAUTION 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. PROMOTE SAFE NAVIGATION This nautical chart has been designed to promote safe navigation. The National Ocean Service encourages users to submit corrections, additions, or comments for improving this chart to the Chief, Marine Chart Division (N/CS2), National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring. Maryland, 20910-3282 CABLE FERRIES The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, including some of the feeder rivers, sloughs, and canals that directly or indirectly connect with one or both of the rivers, are crossed by cable ferries. These ferries in the delta region are guided by cables and sometimes propelled by a cable rig attached to the shore. Cables to the ferries, which extend from both banks of the waterway, may be at, near, or above the water surface. Operating procedures vary and mariners are advised to use extreme caution and seek local knowledge. In 1978, the U.S. Coast Guard advised that cable ferries were not operating in many charted locations in the delta region. These ferries may operate intermittently, so caution is advised while operating in their vicinity. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PASS A MOVING CABLE FERRY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information can be obtained at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov. TIDAL INFORMATION For tidal information see NOS tide table publication or go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov. END OF FILE