NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

US5CA71M - APPROACHES TO SAN DIEGO BAY

INDEX:
NOTE A
NOTE D
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
CAUTION - MARINE RADIOBEACONS
POLLUTION REPORTS
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
CAUTION - FLEET MOORING
CAUTION- TEMPORARY
CAUTION - DREDGED AREAS
CAUTION - SUBMARINE PIPELINES and CABLES
NOAA VHF-FM WEATHER BROADCASTS
WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER
TIDAL INFORMATION
VESSEL TRANSITING

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 Alameda, California
or at the Office of the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers in 
Los Angeles, California. Refer to charted regulatio section numbers.

NOTE D
Submerged submarine operations are conducted at various times in the 
waters contained on this chart. Proceed with caution. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The National Ocean Service acknowledges the exceptional cooperation 
received from members of the San Diego Power Squadron, District 28, 
United States Power Squadron, for continually providing
essential information for revising this chart.


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


CAUTION - MARINE RADIOBEACONS
Only marine radiobeacons have been calibrated for surface use.  
Limitations on the use of certain other radio signals as aids 
to marine navigation can be found in the U.S. Coast Guard
Light Lists and National Imagery and Mapping Agency publication 117.
  Radio direction-finder bearings to commercial broadcasting stations 
are subject to error
and should be used with caution.


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 - FLEET MOORING
Fleet mooring multiple anchors may protrude one to four feet above the surrounding
bottom to a radius of 225 feet from each mooring depending on hard bottom conditions.


CAUTION - TEMPORARY 
Temporary changes or defects in aids to navigation are not indicated on this chart.
See Notice to Mariners.


CAUTION - DREDGED AREAS
Improved channels are subject to shoaling, particularly at the edges.


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 VHF-FM WEATHER BROADCASTS
The National Weather Service stations listed below provides 
continuous marine weather broadcasts. The range of reception 
is variable, but for most stations is usually 20 to 40 miles 
from the antenna site.

San Diego, CA          KEC-62       162.40 MHz


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.


TIDAL INFORMATION
For tidal information see the NOS Tide Table publication or go to 
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov


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.

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