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PUB. 126 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ PACIFIC ISLANDS ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Bethesda, Maryland © COPYRIGHT 2005 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2005 SEVENTH EDITION For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: http://bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 Preface 0.0 Pub. 126, Sailing Directions (Enroute) for Pacific Islands, and navigate so that the designated course is continuously Seventh Edition, 2005, is issued for use in conjunction with being made good. Pub. 120, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) Pacific Ocean 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward and Southeast Asia. Companion volumes are Pubs. 125 and which currents set. 127. 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but This publication has been corrected to 13 August 2005, in- inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, cluding Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 2005. omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal Explanatory Remarks passage or fairway are described. 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department in meters, or tenths of miles. of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing theses following another name are alternate names that may Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the port approach information which supplements the largest scale interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas status of an area by the United States Government. called “Sectors.” 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. from 000˚ (north) to 360˚, measured clockwise. General 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. degrees are used. 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. in each Sector. NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the 0.0 Corrective Information.—Corrective information and other accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web comments about this publication can be forwarded to NGA, as sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis- follows: sions of these web sites. 0.0 1. Mailing address: 0.0 Light and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not de- 0.0Maritime Division scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light 0.0National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Lists should be consulted for complete information. 0.0ST D 44 0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where 0.04600 Sangamore Road appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which 0.0Bethesda MD 20816-5003 facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational 0.0 2. E-mail address: aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how- [email protected] ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide 0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities date of the publication shown above. Important information to are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in amend material in the publication is available as a Publication Pub. 150, World Port Index. Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Division 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not website. described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine 0.0NGA Maritime Division Website (PDUs) Broadcasts, should be consulted. http://164.214.12.145/sdr 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the 0.0 charts and are expressed in meters. 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a the geographic area covered by this publication. Special course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. Pub. 126 III Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division 0.0 French Sailing Directions. website. 0.0 Various port handbooks. 0.0 Reports from United States naval and merchant vessels and 0.0NGA Maritime Division Website (Special Warnings) various shipping companies. http://164.214.12.145/warn/warn_j_query.html 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- ments. 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- from which winds blow. ments in possession of the Agency. 0.0 Internet web sites: Reference List 0.01. Port Authority of Guam 0.0 http://www.netpci.com/~pag4 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this 0.02. South Pacific Online publication were: 0.0 http://www.sponline.com 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. IV Pub. 126 Contents How to Keep this Book Corrected . II Preface. III Chartlet—Sector Limits . VII Conversion Tables. VIII Sailing Directions Information and Suggestion Sheet . IX Abbreviations . XI Sector 1 IlesTuamotu, Iles Marquises, Iles de la Societe, and Iles Tubuai (including off-lying islands and reefs) . 1 Sector 2 The Line Islands, the Cook Islands, the Samoa Islands, and the Tonga Islands (including off-lying islands and reefs) . 35 Sector 3 The Fiji Islands and the Lau Group (including islands and reefs North of the Fiji Islands) . 63 Sector 4 The Kiribati Islands to the Marshall Islands (including the Tokelau Islands, Tuvalu, and off-lying islands and reefs) . 93 Sector 5 New Caledonia (including off-lying islands and reefs) . 129 Sector 6 Iles Loyaute to the Santa Cruz Islands (including Vanuatu, the Banks Islands, and the Torres Islands) . 161 Sector 7 The Solomon Islands—East Part . 189 Sector 8 The Solomon Islands—Central and West Parts . 209 Sector 9 The Bismarck Archipelago . 231 Sector 10 Micronesia, Palau, and Guam . 263 Glossaries . 293 Index—Gazetteer . 305 Pub. 126 V Pub.126 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 126 VII Conversion Tables Feet to Meters Feet0123456789 0 0.00 0.30 0.61 0.91 1.22 1.52 1.83 2.13 2.44 2.74 10 3.05 3.35 3.66 3.96 4.27 4.57 4.88 5.18 5.49 5.79 20 6.10 6.40 6.71 7.01 7.32 7.62 7.92 8.23 8.53 8.84 30 9.14 9.45 9.75 10.06 10.36 10.67 10.97 11.28 11.58 11.89 40 12.19 12.50 12.80 13.11 13.41 13.72 14.02 14.33 14.63 14.93 50 15.24 15.54 15.85 16.15 16.46 16.76 17.07 17.37 17.68 17.98 60 18.29 18.59 18.90 19.20 19.51 19.81 20.12 20.42 20.73 21.03 70 21.34 21.64 21.95 22.25 22.55 22.86 23.16 23.47 23.77 24.08 80 24.38 24.69 24.99 25.30 25.60 25.91 26.21 26.52 26.82 27.13 90 27.43 27.74 28.04 28.35 28.65 28.96 29.26 29.57 29.87 30.17 Fathoms to Meters Fathoms 0123456789 0 0.00 1.83 3.66 5.49 7.32 9.14 10.97 12.80 14.63 16.46 10 18.29 20.12 21.95 23.77 25.60 27.43 29.26 31.09 32.92 34.75 20 36.58 38.40 40.23 42.06 43.89 45.72 47.55 49.38 51.21 53.03 30 54.86 56.69 58.52 60.35 62.18 64.01 65.84 67.67 69.49 71.32 40 73.15 74.98 76.81 78.64 80.47 82.30 84.12 85.95 87.78 89.61 50 91.44 93.27 95.10 96.93 98.75 100.58 102.41 104.24 106.07