New Caledonia Contains Useful Information for Yachtsmen Sailing Into the Largest Lagoon in the World
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The first edition of the Stopover Handbook in New Caledonia contains useful information for yachtsmen sailing into the largest lagoon in the world. Welcome to the most spectacular sailing area, a French and Kanak stop over in the South Pacific region which offers quality services ans facilities, as well as vast and unspoiled cruising grounds. Welcome to this rich Melanesian region, a place of grear promise and friendliness. MY MY ARRIVAL STAY e e g g a a p 2 1p 1 the map 2 NOUMÉA 11 CENTRAL INSERT Since 2008, 60% of the Capital with 100,000 residents. Caledonian marine space Green and cosmopolitan town. Yachting services is listed on UNESCO's World Located in the South West of directory, Heritage list . An award for excel - the Main Island (Grande Terre), Nouméa maps, town L I D lence. A remarkable biodiversity the town allows an easy access centre and port area. / s a for humanity, with around thirty to close islets and the red lands d n a c strictly protected marine areas . of the Great South (Grand Sud). u D . S / S My arrival 5 P great South / T C Nouméa, main port of call in New IslE of PineS 17 N Caledonia. Green and red colours on land. ZOOM © Entry procedures, Tropical rainforest, mining bush, useful contacts, hot springs, waterfalls; Red soil cyclonic warning procedures, colouring feet in ochre. Inside the etc. lagoon, a variety of secluded e islands , white sand, crystal clear g a waters. A break in the Pine Island, p 9 MY a pearl of the region. ‘GRANDE TERRE’ 22 DEPARTURE The main island : the “COUTUME” 9 The East Coast, on the windward Traveling in the outback or in the side with Melanesian villages and islands means entering the clans where Kanak culture prevails. e luxuriant valleys. g The West Coast, with wide open User manual for ethnical tourism. a p 27 spaces and paperback trees, Created by © Archipelagoes SARL. mangrove swamp, stockmen, SUPERYACHTS 15 Editors: S. Betz/S. Renard. cattle and rodeos. Exotic stopover offering safety, high Printed by Seripol, Tahiti, april 2013. Far up the North , water technology and high quality services, Advertising & contacts: wintering Over 27 everywhere and islets. the presence of an AYSS agent and [email protected] 2 main places at Nouville and sun, wind, lagoon and most of all, Editorial board: Numbo for maintenance, repairs Loyalty Islands 25 deserted anchorages: a real luxury ! Isabelle Lurton & Emma Colombin and storage. A place of its own and not very Content images courtesy of: popular. Outstanding scuba diving MARINE life 21 Nouvelle-Calédonie Tourisme Point Sud My departure 28 on Ouvéa atoll and Beautemps- Humpback whales, turtles other (NCTPS), Maison du Lagon, DIL, Amédée Clearance, tax removal. Beaupré. Maré & Lifou , high protected marine species. Lagoon Diving Club, DENV Province, E. Colombin, islands without lagoon but with protection officers, rules of good M. Dosdane, S. Ducandas, P. Larue, pacifiC MAP 30 beaches, cliffs, Melanesian huts in behaviour in the islets, on water M. Le Chélard, I. Lurton, D. Maron, Distances and calls in the each garden and bougna tasting. and underwater. R. Mortier, P. Plichon, O. Strewe. South Pacific. GENERAL MAP OF NEW CALEDONIA ÎLES BÉLEP WALA 20 ° S HIENGHÈNE POUM KOUMAC POUÉBO KOUMAC TOUHO HIENGHÈNE TOUHO POINDIMIÉ 21 ° S PONÉRIHOUEN Recommended anchorage Entry procedures HOUA ÏLOU POYA Marina KOUAOUA Fuel CANALA Hos pital or medical care BOURAIL THIO Bank Shop BOULOUP The lagoon protection officers or 22 ° S Rangers supervise the protected marine areas (AMP), inform the public, control and record offences. CALL VHF 16 South lagoon ph.: 77 40 68 NOUMÉA West Coast ph.: 77 40 29 0 20 North Province ph.: 76 64 74 Kilometers New Caledonia is a trade winds 0 10 country, showing South East/East (average of 250 days/year With an endemic level of 75%, New Caledonian Nautical miles in Nouméa). flora comes from various environments : dry & rainforest, savannah, mining bush, coastline... The Araucarias, native pine variety, represented Land protected and endemic most of the forests covering the earth, more than species: a hundred million years ago. Fruit bat (“roussette”), notou (big - Nowadays, only 19 species remain in the world and gest pigeon in the world), 13 in New Caledonia. (source : www.endemia.nc) 23 ° S the 'Chain' parakeet , the cagou , Ouvea parakeet and green pigeon . Do not use for navigation 16 4° 16 5° 16 6° The Protected Marine Areas are subject to a special protection in order to maintain Strict nature reserve a biodiversity, ecological processes, natural resources and associated cultural values. There are 4 different categories of PMA. Nature reserve Strict Nature Reserve IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO ENTER Area of sustainable management Nature Reserve PUBLICLY AVAILABLE BUT REGULATED Marine Provincial Park It is forbidden to: - hunt, fish, collect or sample any element or parts of fauna, flora, minerals, fossil. - disturb the animals and introduce any animal (especially dogs) or plant species. - feed the land and marine animals. - dump or reject waste or toxic. - light fires. Area of Sustainable Management MANAGEMENT PLAN REGULATING AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES Marine Provincial Park CAN AGGREGATE DIFFERENT PROTECTED MARINE AREAS OUVÉA L A V I FAYAOUÉ R WÉ R A Y M LIFOU WÉ 3 TIGA a i n o CANALA d e l a c TADINE MARÉ w e n TADINE PARIS Tontouta International Airport PA ÏTA DUMBÉA YATÉ MONT-DORE NOUMÉA 4 1 0 VAO 2 / ÎLE 3 1 OUEN 0 2 k o o VAO b d ÎLE n a DES PINS h r e v o p o 16 7° 16 8° t s ? ? E ? N R E E W Procedures and approaches H H O W H W upon the arrival Where to start? PORTS OF ENTRY IMMIGRATION Five ports of entry in New Caledonia (Border Police ) (Lifou, Koumac, Hienghe, Touho) and Each crew member must show a • from countries exempted of short- If a crew member arrives or is lea - the main one Noumea, mandatory valid passport stay visas as stipulated in the order ving by plane, show the boat's for immigration formalities . For each stay less than 3 months dated December 14 th 2009. documents and a letter from the L A V In Nouméa, call Port Moselle (tourist stay), a visa is mandatory Antigua-Barbuda, Argentina, captain to the airport authorities. I (Harbourmaster's office) VHF 67 except for the following citizens: Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, R Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, R A Port du Sud, ph. 27.47.77 who will • for a member state of Costa-Rica, Croatia, El-Salvador, help with your formalities, possibly the European Union; Y United States of America, M on the visitor dock. • holder of a residence permit issued Guatemala, Honduras, Hong-Kong, S Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Macedonia, P You can download in advance the by a member state or associated T Macao, Malaisia, Marshall islands, C forms on Moselle Port Authority's N from Schengen; Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, / website ( www.sodemo.nc) or on d 5 u each authorities' website. • from the European Union Area Montenegro, Nauru, Nicaragua, s e New Zealand, Palau, Panama, c • from Andorra, Australia, Monaco, n i Ships must fly the yellow flag Paraguay, Saint-Kitts, v o St Marteen, Switzerland, Vatican; r P until formalities are completed Solomon islands, Samoa, s V e Seychelles, Singapore, Tuvalu, N E (immigration, customs, phytosanitary h Uruguay, Venezuela. D © department) and the courtesy flag . c a o r p CUSTOMS HARBOURMASTER'S PHYTOSANITARY (SIVAP) p Ships entering temporarily in the • Lending the boat even for free, or In order to protect New Caledonia of a OFFICE MOSELLE / territory, are placed under the IFT the sale of the boat is forbidden. PORT AUTHORITIES many diseases, s regime (taxes and duties withhol - However, the sale can be authori - the import of animal, plant or e Noumea; VHF 67 (7am to 6pm); r ding) for 1 year maximum. zed upon reasoned request to the ph.: 27 71 97, fax 27 71 29 ; plant products are prohibited. u • All the goods representing Customs department who may Exemptions may be allowed (cat, dog d [email protected] e a market value must be declared claim beforehand for the payment www.sodemo.nc etc.). The animal will be confined on- c in writing. Alcohol and cigarettes of the duties and taxes. board in quarantine for a period of o r quantities are limited, overage pro - CUSTOMS 6 months depending on the coun - P ducts can be sealed. Weapons and If you temporarily leave HEAD OFFICE tries you have visited earlier (rabies ammunition are strictly regulated the territory , the boat can benefit 4, rue Félix Russeil, Noumea; exempted or not). and cannot be imported without a from the 'warehouse regime' during ph.: 26 53 85, fax 26 54 14 Upon your arrival, forbidden goods permit (generally record sealed on- the same period as the IFT regulation [email protected] and waste will be collected for board) . The disembarkation or sale and during which the boat is on hold www.douane.gouv.nc destruction. of the products is subject to a prior at the warehouse in dry dock or You are asked not to dump any - declaration to the Customs depart - afloat. BORDER POLICE ( PAF ) thing in the bins before the agents' ment. The boat documents are then remit - 8 rue Félix Russeil, Noumea; arrival. • Once the formalities are completed, ted to the Customs department. If ph.: 28 43 19, fax 28 18 09 the 'temporary franchise boat you wish to stay over a year, you can upaf-port.noumea-988@ 4 entry formalities' , form endorsed import or move in your boat.