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West Coast of Europe Northwest Africa PUB. 143 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ WEST COAST OF EUROPE AND NORTHWEST AFRICA ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Bethesda, Maryland © COPYRIGHT 2008 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2008 TENTH 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. 143, Sailing Directions (Enroute) West Coast of Europe Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Domain web- and Northwest Africa, Tenth Edition, 2008, is issued for use in site. conjunction with Pub. 140, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and the 0.0NGA Maritime Domain Website Mediterranean Sea. Companion volumes are Pubs. 141, 142, http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/maritime 145, 146, 147, and 148. 0.0 0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 1 and 8 provide electronic chart cov- 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same erage for the area covered by this publication. manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a 0.0 This publication has been corrected to 6 January 2008, in- course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of cluding Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 2008. origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow Explanatory Remarks for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, and navigate so that the designated course is continuously 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- being made good. Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and which currents set. pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. passage or fairway are described. 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 port approach information which supplements the largest scale minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence in meters, or tenths of miles. Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally called “Sectors.” those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees theses following another name are alternate names that may from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the degrees are used. interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their 0.0 Charts.—Reference to charts made throughout this publi- spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political cation refer to both the paper chart and the Digital Nautical status of an area by the United States Government. Chart (DNC). 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- in each Sector. mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers 0.0 Corrective Information.—Users should refer corrections, (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. additions, and comments to NGA’s Maritime Operations Desk, 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to as follows: web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- 0.0 1. Toll free: 1-800-362-6289 ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- 0.0 2. Commercial: 301-227-3147 drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. 0.0 3. DSN: 287-3147 NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the 0.0 4. DNC web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/dnc accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web 0.0 5. Maritime Do- sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis- 0.0 main web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/mari sions of these web sites. 0.0 time 0.0 Light and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not de- 0.0 6. E-mail: [email protected] scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light 0.0 7. Mailing address: Maritime Domain Lists should be consulted for complete information. 0.0 National Geospatial-Intelligence 0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where 0.0 Agency appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which Mail Stop D-44 facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational 0.0 4600 Sangamore Road aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how- 0.0 Bethesda MD 20816-5003 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. Pub. 143 III IV . 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not 0.0 Various port handbooks. described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational 0.0 Reports from United States naval and merchant vessels and Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine various shipping companies. Broadcasts, should be consulted. 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the ments. charts and are expressed in meters. 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for ments in possession of the Agency. the geographic area covered by this publication. Special 0.0 Internet Web sites, as follows: Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon 1. Bilbao, Port of promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners http://www.bilbaoport.es No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is 2. Cadiz, Port of printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- http://www.puertocadiz.com cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. 3. Huelva, Port of Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division http://www.puertohuelva.com website. 4. La Coruna, Port of 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions http://www.puertocoruna.es from which winds blow. 5. Lisbon, Port of http://www.portodelisboa.com Reference List 6. PORTEL—Autoridades Portuarias http://www.ap_puertos/puertos.htm 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this 7. Santander, Port of publication were: http://www.puertosantander.es 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. 8. Setubal, Port of 0.0 French Sailing Directions. http://www.portodesetubal.com 0.0 Portuguese Sailing Directions. 9. Sines, Port of 0.0 Spanish Sailing Directions. http://www.portodesines.com Pub. 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 France—The Bay of Biscay—Ile d’Ouessant to Pointe du Croisic . 1 Sector 2 France—The Bay of Biscay—La Loire to Pointe de la Coubre . 25 Sector 3 France and Spain—La Gironde to Cabo Penas . 39 Sector 4 Spain—Cabo Penas to Cabo Finisterre . 71 Sector 5 Spain and Portugal—Caba Fenestrate to Cabo de Sao Vicente . 91 Sector 6 Portugal and Spain—Cabo de Sao Vicente to Cabo Trafalgar . 125 Sector 7 The Arquipelago dos Acores (Azores) . 143 Sector 8 The Arquipelago da Madeira, the Islas Canarias, and the Arquipelago de Cabo Verde . 157 Sector 9 Morocco and Western Sahara—Cap Spartel to Cap Juby . 195 Sector 10 Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Senegal—Cap Juby to Cap Vert . 211 Sector 11 Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea—Presqui’le du Cap Vert to the Banana Islands . 223 Sector 12 Sierra Leone and Liberia—The Banana Islands to Cape Palmas . 249 Glossaries . 263 Index—Gazetteer . 269 Pub. 143 V 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 143 Pub. 143 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
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