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Bookletchart™ Matagorda Bay NOAA Chart 11317 A BookletChart™ Matagorda Bay NOAA Chart 11317 A reduced-scale NOAA nautical chart for small boaters When possible, use the full-size NOAA chart for navigation. Included Area Published by the feet through the Sea Bar Channel and Jetty Channel, thence 36 feet through the land cut and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays to a turning basin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the same depth at Point Comfort. Caution should be used when National Ocean Service transiting near the channel limits due to abandoned structures Office of Coast Survey immediately outside the channel limits that may or may not be visible above the waterline. www.NauticalCharts.NOAA.gov Matagorda Ship Channel Entrance Light (28°25'18"N., 96°19'06"W.), 57 888-990-NOAA feet above the water, is shown from a skeleton tower on a concrete block with a red and white diamond-shaped daymark on the E jetty at What are Nautical Charts? the entrance to Matagorda Bay. The usual storm anchorages for small boats in Matagorda Bay area are: Nautical charts are a fundamental tool of marine navigation. They show the Harbor of Refuge S of Port Lavaca, in depths of about 12 feet; water depths, obstructions, buoys, other aids to navigation, and much Chocolate Bay, with depths of 3 feet; Lavaca Bay, on the E side to the N more. The information is shown in a way that promotes safe and of the causeway, with depths of 4 to 5 feet; Lavaca River with depths of efficient navigation. Chart carriage is mandatory on the commercial about 5 feet across the bar; Carancahua Bay with depths of 3 feet across ships that carry America’s commerce. They are also used on every Navy the bar; and Tres Palacios Bay, off Palacios, with depths of 4 to 5 feet. and Coast Guard ship, fishing and passenger vessels, and are widely Small craft should not anchor in Matagorda Bay in the vicinity of the carried by recreational boaters. land cut through Matagorda Peninsula as strong currents and turbulent What is a BookletChart? water are reported in this area. Vessels should approach Matagorda Bay through the prescribed Safety This BookletChart is made to help recreational boaters locate Fairways. (See 166.100 through 166.200, chapter 2.) themselves on the water. It has been reduced in scale for convenience, Anchorages.–Vessels should anchor off the bar in the Matagorda but otherwise contains all the information of the full-scale nautical Fairway Anchorages on either side of the safety fairways. (See 166.100 chart. The bar scales have also been reduced, and are accurate when through 166.200, chapter 2.) With N winds or smooth sea, fair used to measure distances in this BookletChart. See the Note at the anchorage is available in 4 to 12 fathoms. bottom of page 5 for the reduction in scale applied to this chart. Currents.–The tidal current in Pass Cavallo is believed to attain a velocity of 2 knots with currents of 5 knots reported. It is reported to be very Whenever possible, use the official, full scale NOAA nautical chart for strong in the land cut through Matagorda Peninsula, especially on the navigation. Nautical chart sales agents are listed on the Internet at runoff of the ebb after strong S winds. The current in Matagorda Ship http://www.NauticalCharts.NOAA.gov. Channel attains a reported velocity of about 3 knots and up to 7 knots This BookletChart does NOT fulfill chart carriage requirements for under severe conditions. Daily predictions of the tidal current may be regulated commercial vessels under Titles 33 and 44 of the Code of found in the Tidal Current Tables, Atlantic Coast. Federal Regulations. Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural quarantine.–(See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and Appendix A for addresses.) Notice to Mariners Correction Status Port Lavaca-Point Comfort is a customs port of entry. Carancahua Bay, 6 miles W of Tres Palacios Bay, is a shallow, This BookletChart has been updated for chart corrections published in unimportant body of water frequented only by small pleasure boats and the U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners, the National Geospatial oil-drilling equipment. In 1982, it was reported that there were depths Intelligence Agency Weekly Notice to Mariners, and, where applicable, of 3 to 6 feet inside the bay. It was further reported that numerous the Canadian Coast Guard Notice to Mariners. Additional chart wellheads, oyster shell reefs, platforms, and other obstructions, some corrections have been made by NOAA in advance of their publication in marked by private lights, occupied the bay making navigation hazardous. a Notice to Mariners. The last Notices to Mariners applied to this chart Numerous beach houses are on both sides of the bay. (87) Keller Bay, an are listed in the Note at the bottom of page 7. Coast Pilot excerpts are arm on the E shore of Lavaca Bay, is the site of oil exploration and not being corrected. development. Shell is barged through a privately maintained channel to Olivia, a small farming community on the E side of the bay. Barges For latest Coast Pilot excerpt visit the Office of Coast Survey website at drawing 6 feet are brought in to Olivia. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/searchbychart.php?chart=113 Lavaca Bay, an arm of Matagorda Bay at its NW corner, has a general 17 depth of 5 to 7 feet with several reefs near the head of the bay. Point Comfort, on the E side of Lavaca Bay, is the site of the ship and [Selected Excerpts from Coast Pilot] barge wharves of a large aluminum company, the Calhoun County Matagorda Bay is a large body of water Navigation District’s general cargo facilities, and an electric powerplant. separated from the Gulf by Matagorda Peninsula. Depths in the bay range from 5 to 13 feet, averaging 10 to 12 feet over the greater part. Considerable oil development and fishing are carried on in the bay and its main tributaries Tres Palacios and Lavaca Bays. Ship Channel is a 22-mile-long deepwater U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center channel from the Gulf to and through a 24 hour Regional Contact for Emergencies land cut in Matagorda Peninsula thence through Matagorda and Lavaca Bays to a public terminal at Point RCC New Orleans Commander th Comfort. The entrance to the land cut is protected by jetties. The 8 CG District (504) 589-6225 channel is well marked. The Federal project provides for a depth of 38 New Orleans, LA 2 Lateral System As Seen Entering From Seaward on navigable waters except Western Rivers 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 CHANNEL TO PREFERRED CHANNEL GREEN LIGHT ONLY STARBOARD TO PORT RED LIGHT ONLY FLASHING (2) TOPMOST BAND GREEN TOPMOST BAND RED FLASHING (2) FLASHING FLASHING OCCULTING GREEN LIGHT ONLY RED LIGHT ONLY OCCULTING QUICK FLASHING QUICK FLASHING ISO COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) ISO 8 "2" R "8" 1 2 Fl R 6s Fl R 4s "1" G "9" GR "A" RG "B" Fl G 6s Fl G 4s Fl (2+1) G 6s Fl (2+1) R 6s LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT C 6 G 5 G U GR C "1" "5" RG G "U" GR RG R 2 R C "S" N "C" "G" N "6" "2 " CAN DAYBEACON CAN NUN NUN DAYBEACON For more information on aids to navigation, including those on Western Rivers, please consult the latest USCG Light List for your area. These volumes are available online at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov VHF Marine Radio channels for use on the waterways: Distress Call Procedures Channel 6 – Inter-ship safety communications. Channel 9 – Communications between boats and • Make sure radio is on. ship-to-coast. • Select Channel 16. Channel 13 – Navigation purposes at bridges, locks, and • Press/Hold the transmit button. harbors. • Clearly say: “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.” EMERGENCY INFORMATION Channel 16 – Emergency, distress and safety calls to • Also give: Vessel Name and/or Description; Coast Guard and others, and to initiate calls to other Position and/or Location; Nature of vessels. Contact the other vessel, agree to another channel, and then switch. Emergency; Number of People on Board. Channel 22A – Calls between the Coast Guard and the public. Severe weather • Release transmit button. warnings, hazards to navigation and safety warnings are broadcast here. • Wait for 10 seconds — If no response Channels 68, 69, 71, 72 and 78A – Recreational boat channels. Repeat MAYDAY call. Getting and Giving Help — Signal other boaters using visual distress signals (flares, HAVE ALL PERSONS PUT ON LIFE JACKETS! orange flag, lights, arm signals); whistles; horns; and on your VHF radio. You are required by law to help boaters in trouble. Respond to distress signals, but do not endanger yourself. NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from the nearest National Weather Service office. NWR broadcasts official Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ Quick References Nautical chart related products and information - http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov Interactive chart catalog - http://www.charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml Report a chart discrepancy - http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/idrs/discrepancy.aspx Chart and chart related inquiries and comments - http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/idrs/inquiry.aspx?frompage=ContactUs Chart updates (LNM and NM corrections) - http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/updates/LNM_NM.html Coast Pilot online - http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm Tides and Currents - http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov Marine Forecasts - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm National Data Buoy Center - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ NowCoastR web portal for coastal conditions - http://www.nowcoast.noaa.gov/ Q National Weather Service - http://www.weather.gov/ National Hurrican Center - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - http://ptwc.weather.gov/ Contact Us - http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/contact.htm For the latest news from Coast Survey, follow @NOAAcharts This Booklet chart has been designed for duplex printing (printed on front and back of one sheet).
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