PUB. 124 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Bethesda, Maryland © COPYRIGHT 2004 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2004 NINTH 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. 124, Sailing Directions (Enroute) East Coast of South 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but America, Ninth Edition, 2004, is issued for use in conjunction inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, with Pub. 160, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) South omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. The companion volume is mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal Pub. 123. passage or fairway are described. 0.0 This publication has been corrected to 28 February 2004, 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 including Notice to Mariners No. 9 of 2004. minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed in meters, or tenths of miles. Explanatory Remarks 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- theses following another name are alternate names that may Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. status of an area by the United States Government. 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference port approach information which supplements the largest scale used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- called “Sectors.” mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. from 000˚ (north) to 360˚, measured clockwise. General 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. degrees are used. NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis- radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence sions of these web sites. in each Sector. 0.0 Light and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not de- 0.0 Corrective Information.—Corrective information and other scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light comments about this publication can be forwarded to NGA, as Lists should be consulted for complete information. follows: 0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where 0.0 1. Mailing address: appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which 0.0 Maritime Safety Information Division facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational 0.0 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how- 0.0 ST D 44 ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide 0.0 4600 Sangamore Road in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities 0.0 Bethesda MD 20816-5003 are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in 0.0 2. E-mail address: Pub. 150, World Port Index. 0.0 [email protected] 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not 0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational date of the publication shown above. Important information to Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine amend material in the publication is available as a Publication Broadcasts, should be consulted. Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Safety 0.0 Sales.—For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Information Division website http://164.214.12.145/sdr. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same DC 20402-0001. Internet: http://bookstore.gpo.gov; Phone: manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a toll free (866) 512-1800, DC area (202) 512-1800. course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the charts and are expressed in meters. designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, the geographic area covered by this publication. Special and navigate so that the designated course is continuously Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon being made good. promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is which currents set. printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. Pub. 124 III Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Safety 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. Information Division website http://164.214.12.145/warn/ warn_j_quey.html. 0.0 Various port handbooks. 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions from which winds blow. 0.0 Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and various shipping companies. Reference List 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this ments. publication were: 0.0 Argentina Sailing Directions 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- 0.0 Brazil Sailing Directions ments in possession of the Agency. IV Pub. 124 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 Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and the North Coast of Brazil . 1 Sector 2 North Coast of Brazil—Ponta Curuca to Ponta de Santo Antonio . 29 Sector 3 East Coast of Brazil—Ponta de Santo Antonio to Cabo Frio . 53 Sector 4 South Coast of Brazil and East Coast of Uruguay—Cabo Frio to Punta del Este . 75 Sector 5 The Rio de la Plata, the Rio Uruguay, the Rio Parana, and the Rio Paraguay . 105 Sector 6 Coast of Argentina—Cabo San Antonio to the Rio Negro . 139 Sector 7 Coast of Argentina—The Rio Negro to Cabo Virgenes . 153 Sector 8 Estrecho de Magallanes . 175 Sector 9 Tierra del Fuego—Cabo Espiritu Santo to Cabo de Hornos . 211 Sector 10 The Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands . 223 Glossaries . 261 Pub. 124 V 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 124 Pub. 124 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 98.75 100.58 102.41 104.24 106.07 107.90 60 109.73 111.56 113.39 115.21 117.04 118.87