PUB. 126 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ PACIFIC ISLANDS ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Springfield, Virginia © COPYRIGHT 2014 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2014 ELEVENTH 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 III Preface 0.0 Pub. 126, Sailing Directions (Enroute) for Pacific Islands, 0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the Eleventh Edition, 2014, is issued for use in conjunction with date of the publication shown above. Important information to Pub. 120, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) Pacific Ocean amend material in the publication is available as a Publication and Southeast Asia. Companion volumes are Pubs. 125 and Data Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Domain web site. 127. 0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 6, 12, and 13 provide electronic chart 0.0NGA Maritime Domain Website coverage for the area covered by this publication. http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal 0.0 This publication has been corrected to 19 July 2014, including Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 2014. 0.0 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same Explanatory Remarks manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, and navigate so that the designated course is continuously Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing being made good. Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically which currents set. on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, port approach information which supplements the largest scale omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas passage or fairway are described. called “Sectors.” 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General in meters, or tenths of miles. bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended theses following another name are alternate names that may degrees are used. appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted 0.0 Charts.—Reference to charts made throughout this publi- only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, cation refer to both the paper chart and the Digital Nautical such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to Chart (DNC). specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence status of an area by the United States Government. in each Sector. 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference 0.0 Corrective Information.—Users should refer corrections, used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. additions, and comments to NGA’s Maritime Operations Desk, 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names as follows: are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- 0.0 1. Toll free: 1-800-362-6289 mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers 0.0 2. Commercial: 571-557-5455 (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. 0.0 3. DSN: 547-5455 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to 0.0 4. DNC web site: http://dnc.nga.mil/NGAPortal/ web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- 0.0 DNC.portal ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- 0.0 5. Maritime Do- drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. 0.0 main web site: http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/ NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the 0.0 MSI.portal accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web 0.0 6. E-mail: [email protected] sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis- 0.0 7. Mailing address: Maritime Safety Office sions of these web sites. 0.0 National Geospatial-Intelligence 0.0 Light and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not de- 0.0 Agency scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light Mail Stop N64-SH Lists should be consulted for complete information. 0.0 7500 Geoint Drive 0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where 0.0 Springfield VA 22150-7500 appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational Pub. 126 IV aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how- Reference List ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in publication were: Pub. 150, World Port Index. 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not 0.0 Canadian Sailing Directions. described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational 0.0 Various port handbooks. Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine 0.0 Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and Broadcasts, should be consulted. various shipping companies. 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- charts and are expressed in meters. ments. 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- the geographic area covered by this publication. Special ments in possession of the Agency. Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners 0.0 Internet Web sites, as follows: No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is 0.01. Port Authority of Guam printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- 0.0 http://www.netpci.com/~pag4 cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. 0.02. South Pacific Online Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division 0.0 http://www.sponline.com website. 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions from which winds blow. Pub. 126 Pub. 126 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 126 V 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 Fathoms0123456789 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 60 109.73 111.56 113.39 115.21 117.04 118.87 120.70 122.53 124.36 126.19 70 128.02 129.85 131.67 133.50 135.33 137.16 138.99 140.82 142.65 144.47 80 146.30 148.13 149.96 151.79 153.62 155.45 157.28 159.11 160.93 162.76 90 164.59 166.42 168.25 170.08 171.91 173.74 175.56 177.39 179.22 181.05 Meters to Feet Meters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0.00 3.28 6.56 9.84 13.12 16.40 19.68 22.97 26.25 29.53 10 32.81 36.09 39.37 42.65 45.93 49.21 52.49 55.77 59.06 62.34 20 65.62 68.90 72.18 75.46 78.74 82.02 85.30 88.58 91.86 95.14 30 98.42 101.71 104.99 108.27 111.55 114.83 118.11 121.39 124.67 127.95 40 131.23 134.51 137.80 141.08 144.36 147.64 150.92 154.20 157.48 160.76