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(1) (11) Sales Information Coast Pilots (12)

(2) NOAA publications, nautical charts and unclassified U.S. Coast Pilot 1—Atlantic Coast: Eastport to Cape Cod National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) nautical U.S. Coast Pilot 2—Atlantic Coast: Cape Cod to Sandy Hook charts are sold by authorized sales agents in many U.S. U.S. Coast Pilot 3—Atlantic Coast: Sandy Hook to Cape Henry ports and in some foreign ports. Information on obtaining U.S. Coast Pilot 4—Atlantic Coast: Cape Henry to Key West charting products and a listing of authorized agents can U.S. Coast Pilot 5—Gulf of Mexico: and Virgin be found at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov. Islands

(3) U.S. Coast Pilot 6—Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior and St. Lawrence River Products and Services–NOAA U.S. Coast Pilot 7—Pacific Coast: California U.S. Coast Pilot 8—Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer (4) Reporting corrections to nautical charts and Coast U.S. Coast Pilot 9—Alaska: Cape Spencer to Beaufort Sea Pilots U.S. Coast Pilot 10—Pacific Coast: Oregon, Washington, , and Pacific Islands (5) Users are requested to report all significant discrepancies or additions to NOAA charts and Coast (13) Pilots, including depth information in privately Distance tables maintained channels and basins; obstructions, wrecks (14) Distances Between United States Ports is available and other dangers; new, relocated or demolished at https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/docs/ landmarks; uncharted fixed private aids to navigation; distances.pdf. deletions or additions of small-craft facilities and any other information pertinent to safe navigation. This (15) information may be submitted using the NOAA Office National Ocean Service Center for Operational of Coast Survey site: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa. Oceanographic Products and Services gov/customer-service/assist/ (16) (6) 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Department of Commerce, NOAA 301–713–2815 (phone) Nautical Data Branch 301–713–4500 () N/CS26, Station 7505 www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 [email protected] (17) National Service offices (7) (18) The following offices provide forecasts, current Nautical Charts conditions, local information and climatological data. (8) NOAA maintains the nautical charts and publications This data can be accessed through the websites listed after for the coast of the United States and the Great Lakes. each office below. Over a thousand charts cover 95,000 miles of shoreline (19) and 3.4 million square nautical miles of water. Access California to charts, publications and chart catalogs is available NWS Forecast Office Eureka – www.wrh.noaa.gov/eka through www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov. 300 Startare Drive, Eureka, CA 95501

(9) NWS Forecast Office Los Angeles – www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox Dates of Latest Editions 520 North Elevar Street, Oxnard, CA 93030 (10) Information concerning the dates of latest editions NWS Forecast Office San Diego – www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx for the full suite of NOAA’s nautical charts and U.S. Coast 11440 West Bernardo Court, Suite 230, San Diego, CA 92127 Pilot volumes can be found at https://charts.noaa.gov/ NWS Forecast Office San Francisco – www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr MCD/Dole.shtml. 20 Grace Hopper Avenue, Stop 5, Monterey, CA 93943 U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Appendix A 19 SEP 2021 ¢ 360

NWS Forecast Office San Joaquin Valley (29) www.wrh.noaa.gov/hnx NOAA, 900 Foggy Bottom Road, Hanford, CA 93230 National Centers for Environmental Predictions Space Weather Prediction Center, W/NP9 325 Broadway (20) Boulder, Colorado 80305 NOAA Weather Radio www.swpc.noaa.gov (21) National Weather Service VHF-FM radio stations provide mariners with continuous FM broadcasts of (30) weather warnings, forecasts, radar reports and surface National Weather Service Port Meteorological Of- weather observations. Reception range is up to 40 miles ficers (PMOs) from the antenna site, depending on the terrain, type of (31) Port Meteorological Officers provide assistance receiver and antenna used. The VHF-FM radio stations on matters of weather chart interpretation, instruments, with location of antenna in or near the area covered by marine weather communications and requirements this Coast Pilot are listed in the table. affecting ship operations. (See National Weather (22) Service, Chapter 1, for further details.) PMO offices in Frequency the area covered by this Coast Pilot are as follows: Call Sign Station Location (MHz) (32) Los Angeles, CA – 501 West Ocean Boulevard, KEC-62 San Diego, CA 33°01'N., 116°57'W. 162.400 Room 4480, Long Beach, CA. 90802. WWG-21 Santa Ana, CA 33°50'N., 117°36'W. 162.450 (33) KWO-37 Los Angeles, CA 34°13'N., 118°03'W. 162.550 Products and Services–Other U.S. Government KIH-34 Santa Barbara, CA 34°26'N., 119°46'W. 162.400 Agencies WWF-62 Santa Barbara, CA 34°31'N., 119°58'W. 162.475 KIH–31 San Luis Obispo, CA 35°21'N.,120°39'W. 162.550 (34) A partial list of publications and charts considered KEC–49 Monterey, CA, 37°11'N., 121°54'W. 162.550 of navigational value is included for the ready reference KHB–49 San Francisco, CA 37°27'N., 122°30'W. 162.400 of the mariner. In addition to the agents located in the principal seaports handling publication sales, certain KIH–30 Point Arena, CA 39°01'N., 123°31'W. 162.550 libraries have been designated by the Congress of the KEC–82 Eureka, CA 40°25'N., 124°07'W. 162.400 United States to receive the publications as issued for public review. (23) The National Weather Service provides (35) Radiofacsimile Weather Information through Coast Government Publishing Office Guard Communications Station Pt. Reyes (NMC) and DOD Communication Station Honolulu (KVM70). The (36) frequencies listed here are assigned frequencies. To U.S. Government Publishing Office 710 North Capitol Street, NW convert to carrier frequency, subtract 1.9 KHz from the Washington, DC 20401-0001 assigned frequency. Broadcasts are made on the following 202-512-1800 866-512-1800 frequencies: www.gpo.gov/ (24) Pt. Reyes (NMC): 4346 KHz (0140-1608 UTC), [email protected] 8682 KHz (All broadcast times), 12786 KHz (All broadcast times), 17151.2 KHz (All broadcast times), (37) 22527 KHz (1840-2356). Hydrographic Surveys (25) For further information on Marine Radiofax Charts, (38) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic visit: https://www.weather.gov/marine/radiofax_charts survey activity is available at: https://www.mvr.usace. (26) Coastal Marine Forecasts are issued four times army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Hydrographic-Surveys/ daily by National Weather Service Offices. For further HydrographicSurveysMap/ information on coastal marine forecasts as well as (39) additional types of forecasts, visit: https://weather.gov/ Nautical Charts marine/forecast -and- https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/ (40) Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers (27) Navigation Charts, Alabama River Charts and Black Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Warrior-Tombigbee Rivers River Charts—available (28) The Space Weather Prediction Center provides real- from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical for purchase in bound hard copy or as a free download in events that impact satellites, power grids, communications, PDF at www.sam.usace.army.mil. navigation and many other technological systems. (41) Flood Control and Navigation Maps of the Mississippi River, Cairo, IL to the Gulf of Mexico— available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Appendix A ¢ 361 19

Memphis District as a free download in PDF at www. (52) mvm.usace.army.mil. Offices and Services-Other U.S. Government (42) Upper Mississippi River Navigation Charts Agencies (Mississippi River, Cairo, Illinois to Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Charts of the Illinois Waterway, from Mississippi River at Grafton, Illinois to Lake Michigan (53) at Chicago and Calumet Harbors—available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Offices U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Rock Island District for (54) purchase in hard copy format or as a free download in District/Division Office Information PDF at www.mvr.usace.army.mil. Los Angeles District Office www.spl.usace.army.mil 915 Wilshire Boulevard (43) Los Angeles, CA 90017 Publications and Services Sacramento District Office www.spk.usace.army.mil 1325 J Street (44) Local Notices to Mariners are posted weekly by Room 1513 the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center at www.navcen. Sacramento, CA 95814 San Francisco District Office www.spd.usace.army.mil uscg.gov. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 1455 Market Street U.S. Notice to Mariners are available at msi.nga.mil/ San Francisco, CA 94103-1398 NGAPortal/MSI.portal. (45) Special Notice to Mariners are issued annually (55) in National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Notice to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Offices Mariners 1. These notices contain important information (56)

of considerable interest to all mariners. Interested parties Regional Areas, States and Information

are advised to read these notices. Region 1 (46) Light List—maintained by the United States Coast New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island Guard and available online at www.navcen.uscg.gov. www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-1-new-england

Also see Light List, chapter 1, for additional information. Region 2 (47) List of Lights, Sailing Directions, Radio New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-2 Navigational Aids (Pub. 117), American Practical Region 3 Navigator (Pub. 9) and International Code of Signals Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania (Pub. 102)—issued by the National Geospatial- www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-3-mid-atlantic Region 4 Intelligence Agency and available at msi.nga.mil/ Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina NGAPortal/MSI.portal. https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-epa-region-4-southeast (48) The Nautical Almanac, the Air Almanac, and Region 5 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin Astronomical Almanac—available through the United www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-5

States Naval Observatory —https://www.public.navy. Region 6 mil/fltfor/cnmoc/Pages/usno_test_page.aspx -and- Louisiana, Texas www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-central https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/united-states-naval- Region 9 observatory-usno California, Hawaii, www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-9-pacific-southwest (49) Dissemination of Marine Weather Information, maintained by National Weather Service on the Region 10 Alaska, Oregon, Washington at https://www.weather.gov/marine/nws_dissemination www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-10-pacific-northwest -and- NWS Marine Weather Services at https://www.

weather.gov/marine/ (57) (50) Navigation Rules and Regulations Handbook, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) publication produced by the United States Coast (58) The Coast Guard Navigation Center provides cutting Guard Navigation Standards Branch, which contains edge services for safe, secure, and efficient maritime International and Inland Rules of the Road and Navigation transportation. The center operates the Navigation Regulations. Available for download or viewing at www. Information Service (NIS), the Maritime Differential navcen.uscg.gov. Navigation Rules are also found near GPS (DGPS) and the developing Nationwide Differential the end of each individual Coast Pilot volume. Global Positioning System (NDGPS). In addition, (51) NAVCEN serves as the civilian interface for the Global Positioning System and manages other navigation-related projects. (59) For further information and/or operational questions regarding GPS and DGPS, visit navcen.uscg.gov, or contact: U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Appendix A 19 SEP 2021 ¢ 362

(60) Station San Francisco On the east side of Yerba Buena Island.

Commanding Officer Station Vallejo 2.5 miles above the entrance to Mare U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center Island Strait just below the Vallejo-Mare NAVCEN MS 7310 Island causeway lift bridge. 7323 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 20598-7310 Station Rio Vista On the west side of the Sacramento River, 0.9 mile below bridge.

Station Lake Tahoe On west shore of the lake, about 1.3 (61) miles west of Dollar Point. Coast Guard District Offices Station Bodega Bay On the east side of the channel 0.8 mile inside Bodega Harbor. (62) Station Noyo River On the south bank of the river, just below Districts and Boundary Description Contact Information Noyo Basin.

Eleventh Coast Guard District Coast Guard Island, Station Humbolt Bay East side of North Spit at the entrance to Ocean area bounded by a line from the Building 50-3, Alameda, Humboldt Bay. California-Oregon state line westerly to CA 94501-5100. 40°N., 150°W., thence southeasterly to 510–437–2970 5°S., 100°W., thence northeasterly to the border between Guatemala and Mexico on the (69) Pacific Coast (14°38'N., 92°19'W.). Coast Guard Radio Broadcasts (70) Urgent, safety and scheduled marine information (63) broadcasts are made by Coast Guard stations. In general, Coast Guard Sector Offices these broadcasts provide information vital to vessels (64) Note: A Sector Office combines the functions of the operating in the approaches and coastal waters of the Captain of the Port and Marine Inspection Office. United States including the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico and (65) U.S. Virgin Islands. Types of broadcasts are as follows: Sectors Contact Information (71) Scheduled broadcasts–U.S. Coast Guard stations Eleventh Coast Guard District make scheduled broadcasts on a prepublished schedule of

Sector Humboldt Bay 1001 Lycoming Way 12-hour intervals. After the preliminary announcements McKinleyville, CA 95519-9309 on VHF-FM channel 16, the station advises shifting to Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach 1001 S. Seaside Avenue, Building 20 working frequency VHF-FM channel 22. San Pedro CA 94501-5100. (72) Safety broadcasts–U.S. Coast Guard stations that Sector San Diego 2710 Harbor Drive North San Diego, CA 92101-1028 make scheduled broadcasts issue safety broadcasts upon Sector San Francisco 1 Yerba Buena Island receipt and on the next scheduled broadcast. Safety San Francisco, CA 94130-9309 broadcasts are preceded by the safety signal SECURITY. After the preliminary signal on VHF-FM channel 16, the (66) station may announce shifting to working frequency Coast Guard Stations VHF-FM channel 22A. (67) The stations listed are in the area covered by this (73) Urgent broadcasts–U.S.Coast Guard stations that Coast Pilot. They have search and rescue capabilities make scheduled broadcasts issue urgent broadcasts upon and may provide lookout, communication and/or patrol receipt and on schedule until canceled. Urgent broadcasts functions to assist vessels in distress. The National VHF- are preceded by the urgent signal, PAN-PAN. Both the FM Distress System provides continuous coastal radio urgent signal and message may be transmitted on VHF- coverage outwards to 20 miles on channel 16. After FM channel 16. contact on channel 16, communications with the Coast (74)

Guard should be on channel 22. If channel 22 is not Coast Guard Radio Station Scheduled Broadcast Times (UTC)

available to the mariner, communications may be made Humboldt Bay, CA (NMC-11) 1615, 2315, on receipt

on channel 12. Selected stations guard the International San Francisco, CA (NMC, NMC-17) 1630, 1900, 2130, on receipt

Radiotelephone Distress, Safety and Calling Frequencies. Long Beach, CA (NMC, NMQ-9) 0200, 1800, on receipt (68) San Diego, CA On receipt California

Station San Diego In North San Diego Bay, 700 yards northeast of the east end of Harbor (75) Island. U.S. NAVTEXTransmitting Stations Station Los Angeles/Long Beach On the west side of Reservation Point. (76) NAVTEX is an international automated medium Station Channel Islands On the east side of the harbor about 0.4 frequency direct-printing service informing mariners of mile above the entrance. navigational and meteorlogical warnings and forecasts, Station Morro Bay At the foot of the USCG and Harbormasters Office pier. as well as urgent marine safety information. Coverage

Station Monterey At the foot of the Coast Guard pier. is reasonably continuous to 200 NM off the U.S. East,

Station Golden Gate At entrance to Horseshoe Bay, about Gulf and West Coasts; Puerto Rico; Southwest Alaska; 0.4 mile north-northeast of Golden Gate Hawaii; and 100 NM off Guam. Bridge. SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Appendix A ¢ 363 19

(77) (86) Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, Pennsylvania, Range Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey): U.S. Station (NM) Broadcast Schedule (UTC) Customhouse, 2nd and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Kodiak (NOJ) 200 0100, 0500, 0900, 1300, 1700, 2130 PA 19106. Areas east of Kodiak (87) Southeast Region (South Carolina, North Carolina, Kodiak (NOX) 200 0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2350 Areas west of Kodiak Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida,

Astoria (NMW) 216 0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2340 Puerto Rico): 60 Eighth Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.

San Francisco (NMC) 350 0000, 0400, 0800, 1200, 1600, 2020 Midwest Region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin):

Cambria (NMQ) 350 0200, 0600, 1000, 1400, 1800, 2240 20 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60602. (88) Southwest Region (Texas): 3032 Bryan Street, Guam (NRV) 100 0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2330 Dallas, TX 75204. Honolulu (NMO) 350 0200, 0600, 1000, 1400, 1800, 2220 (89) Pacific Region (California, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon): 50 U.N. Plaza, San Francisco, CA (78) 94102. Customs Ports of Entry (90) (79) Vessels arriving in the United States from a foreign Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant port or place are required to report their arrival to Customs Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Border Protection immediately. Field Operations (91) Information on the importation of plants, animals Offices and contact information are listed below. and plant and animal products is available from APHIS, (80) Department of Agriculture, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, Field Operations Office Contact Information MD 20737. See https://www.aphis.usda.gov for more San Diego 610 West Ash Street Suite 1200 information. San Diego, CA 92101 (92) 619–652–9966 ext.100 USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service Los Angeles 1 World Trade Center Suite 705 Animal Import Centers: Long Beach, CA 90831 562–980–3100 Los Angeles Animal Import Center (LAAIC) 222 Kansas Street San Francisco 33 New Montgomery Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Suite 1600 310-955-3311 San Francisco, CA 94105 415–744–1530 ext. 221 Miami Animal Import Center (MAIC) 6300 NW 36th Street Miami, FL 33122 305-876-2200 (81) New York Animal Import Center (NYAIC) Public Health Service Quarantine Stations 474 Animal Import Center Newburg, NY 12550 (82) 845-838-5500

Quarantine Stations and Addresses John F. Kennedy Airport Office 230-59 Rockaway Blvd. CDC Los Angeles Quarantine Station 380 World Way Box N-19 Suite 100, Room 101 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Jamaica, NY 11413 718-553-3570 CDC San Francisco Quarantine Station San Francisco International Airport Agriculture Select Service Agents P.O. Box 280548, SFIA 4700 River Road, Unit 2 San Francisco, CA 94128-0548 Riverdale, MD 20737 [email protected] CDC San Diego Quarantine Station 301-851-3300 (select option 3) 3851 Rosecrans Street Suite #715 San Diego, CA 92110-3115 (93) Immigration and Naturalization Service Offices (83) At other ports, quarantine and/or medical (94) California: examinations are usually performed by Public Health (95) Los Angeles: 300 North Los Angeles Street 90012. Service contract personnel or by quarantine inspectors (96) Sacramento: Federal and U.S. Courthouse Bldg., from the nearest quarantine station. Inquiries concerning 650 Capitol Mall 95814. quarantine matters should be directed to the nearest (97) San Diego: 880 Front Street 92188. quarantine station. (98) San Francisco: Appraisers Bldg., 630 Sansome (84) Street 94111. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regional Of- (99) San Luis Obispo: Frontage Road South Highway fices 101, 93406. (85) Northeast Region (New York, Maine, Connecticut, (100) San Pedro: Terminal Island 90731. New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island): 830 Third (101) Stockton: U.S. Post Office Bldg., 401 North San Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Joaquin Street 95202. U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Appendix A 19 SEP 2021 ¢ 364

(102) (113) KLB, Seattle, WA, Mobile Marine Radio, Inc.

Federal Communications Commission Offices (114) (103) District field offices: Measured courses (104) San Diego, CA: Interstate Office Park, 4542 Ruffner (115) The positions of measured courses are shown on St., Room 370 San Diego, CA 92111-2216. the chart and their description is included in the Coast (105) Los Angeles, CA: Cerritos Corporate Tower, 18000 Pilots when information is reported to the National Ocean Studebaker Rd., Room 660, Cerritos, CA 90701-3684. Service. Courses are located in the following places (106) San Francisco, CA: 5653 Stoneridge Drive, Suite covered by this Coast Pilot. 105, Pleasanton, CA 94588-8543. (116) Channel Islands Harbor, on the breakwater north of (107) toll-free: 888–225–5322: (888– the entrance; 18725. CALLFCC) to report radio communciations interference (117) Long Beach Harbor, on Long Beach Breakwater; issues. 18749. (108) (118) Marina del Rey, just north of entrance; 18744. Radio shore stations providing medical advice (119) Newport Harbor, west side of harbor entrance; (109) Messages to shore stations may be transmitted in 18754. code groups or plain language; messages should be signed (120) Blacks Beach, 3 miles north of Point La Jolla; 18765. by the master and be prefixed: “RADIOMEDICAL.” The (121) Sacramento River, on northeast side of river north following stations will provide radio services for medical of Walnut Grove; 18662. advice. (See Medical advice, Chapter 1.) (122) San Clemente Island, south of West Cove; 18762. (110) NMC, San Francisco, CA, U.S. Coast Guard, and (123) San Diego Bay, on south side of Harbor Island; (111) NMO, Honolulu, HI, U.S. Coast Guard on HF 18773. single-sideband radiotelephone channels 424(4134 kHz), (124) The pages in the text describing the courses can 601(6200 kHz), 816(8340 kHz), or 1205(12242 kHz). be obtained by referring to the index for the geographic (112) NOJ, Kodiak, AK, U.S. Coast Guard, and places; the chart number follows the names.