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NOAA CUSTOM CHART

NOTES GEOSPATIAL DATABASE

VERSION 3.0B - 20 FEBRUARY 2025

The records of the NOAA Custom

Chart Notes Geospatial Database are

current as of February 20, 2025.

Subsequent additions and refinements

are to be expected. Please refer to

all

available

navigational

publications for complete information

about the charted area.

CAUTION

AUTOMATED CHART GENERATION

This NOAA Custom Chart has been

automatically

rendered

from

NOAA

Electronic Navigational Chart (NOAA

ENC®) data. Mariners using this NOAA

Custom Chart are advised that this is

a static reproduction of the NOAA

ENC®. This NOAA Custom Chart has not

been individually quality checked or

adjusted

for

optimal

use

for

navigation. The portrayal may be at a

different scale from that of the

original NOAA ENC®. Mariners are

advised to use caution when using

this NOAA Custom Chart for navigation

and are encouraged to use the latest

NOAA ENC® to access the most up-to-

date information. Mariners must also

comply with all applicable regulatory

requirements.

CAUTION

CHART UPDATES

This NOAA Custom Chart contains up-

to-date information only as of the

time of creation, and will become

outdated. Mariners are advised to

visit

https://

distribution.charts.noaa.gov/

navigation-updates/

to

check

for

critical and routine updates, and to

render a new NOAA Custom Chart when

the ENC data used to make the chart

is updated. Notices to Mariners are

not issued for corrections to this

NOAA Custom Chart.

HEIGHTS

Heights of fixed aids to navigation

and vertical clearances of overhead

obstructions will be shown in feet if

the units are set to feet or fathoms.

If units are set to meters, heights

will

be

shown

in

meters.

Land

elevation values are shown in meters

only.

AUTHORITIES

Hydrography and topography by the

National Ocean Service, Coast Survey,

with additional data from the Corps

of Engineers, Geological Survey, U.S.

Coast Guard and National Geospatial-

Intelligence Agency.

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://

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/customer-

service/assist/ .

ABBREVIATIONS

For complete list of Symbols and

Abbreviations, see Chart No. 1.

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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.

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information can be

obtained

at

www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Consult U.S. Coast Pilot 10 for

important supplemental information.

SOUNDING DATUM

Soundings referred to Mean Lower

Low Water (MLLW).

VERTICAL DATUM

Overhead clearances are referred to

Mean High Water (MHW).

NOTE A

Navigation

regulations

are

published in Chapter 2, U.S. Coast

Pilot 10. Additions or revisions to

Chapter

2

are

published

in

the

Notices

to

Mariners.

Information

concerning the regulations may be

obtained

at

the

Office

of

the

Commander, 13th Coast Guard District

in Seattle, WA or at the Office of

the

District

Engineer,

Corps

of

Engineers in Seattle, WA.

Refer to charted regulation section

numbers.

JUAN DE FUCA CVTS

A

Cooperative

Vessel

Traffic

Services

(CVTS)

system

has

been

established by the United States and

Canada within the adjoining waters in

the

Juan

de

Fuca

Region.

The

appropriate

Vessel

Traffic

Center

(VTC) (Prince Rupert Traffic, Seattle

Traffic,

Victoria

Traffic)

administers the rules issued by both

nations, however it will enforce only

its own set of rules within its

jurisdiction.

VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS)

The U.S. Coast Guard operates a

mandatory

Vessel

Traffic

Services

(VTS) system in U.S. waters. Vessel

operating procedures and designated

radiotelephone

frequencies

are

published in 33 CFR 161, in the U.S.

Coast Pilot, and/or the VTS User’s

Manual.

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VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND

INFORMATION SYSTEM

For information governing the

VESSEL

TRAFFIC

MANAGEMENT

AND

INFORMATION SYSTEM for the coastal

waters of southern British Columbia,

see National Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency

Publication

154,

Sailing

Directions (en route) for British

Columbia, and the Sailing Directions

British

Columbia

Coast

(South

Portion) Volume 1, published by the

Canadian Hydrographic Service.

CAUTION

Temporary changes or defects in

aids to navigation are not indicated

on this chart. See Local Notice to

Mariners.

CAUTION

LIMITATIONS ON THE

USE OF RADIO SIGNALS

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.

CAUTION

SUBMERGED CABLES AND PIPELINES

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.

SUBMARINE OPERATIONS

Submerged submarine operations are

conducted at various times in the

waters

contained

on

this

chart.

Proceed with caution.

CAUTION

USACE conducts hydrographic surveys

to

monitor

navigation

conditions.

These surveys are not intended to

detect underwater features. Uncharted

features

hazardous

to

surface

navigation are not expected but may

exist in federal channels. For more

information

visit

https://

navigation.usace.army.mil/Survey/

Hydro.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

The islands in the vicinity of

Georgia, Haro, and Rosario Straits

are part of a National Wildlife

Refuge and are closed to the public

to

protect

breeding

colonies

of

seabirds, endangered and threatened

species, and marine mammals. Boaters

are requested to stay at least 200

yards / 182.8 meters away from these

islands to avoid disturbance of these

animals.

NOTE

Submerged debris exists in the

waters

along

the

formerly

industrialized

areas

of

northeast

Bellingham

Bay

between

South

Bellingham and the Squalicum Creek

Waterway.

These

debris

are

not

hazardous to surface navigation, but

render these areas unsuitable for

anchoring.

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NOTE

Mariners are cautioned that the

Whatcom County Ferry and/or local

government

may

deviate

from

the

published standard routes due to

inclement

weather,

traffic

conditions, navigational hazards or

other emergency conditions. Standard

ferry routes within the waters of the

San Juan Islands are not displayed on

this chart.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS

The NOAA Weather Radio station

listed

below

provides

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.

H Street - Blaine Area, WA KAD-93

162.525 MHz

NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS

The NOAA Weather Radio station

listed

below

provides

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.

Puget Sound Marine, WA WWG-24 162.425

MHz