Pollution regulations Navigation lights It is illegal to dispose of many materials and substances Navigation lights required on most power driven vessels from ships and boats into the sea, such as oil, sewage, operating on water by night (sunset to sunrise) and in times garbage and noxious liquid substances. Only specified of reduced visibility are shown below. Please refer to the discharges under controlled conditions are permitted. Shipping (Distress Signals & Prevention or Collisions) Regulations 1988, for full details. Otago Harbour A pamphlet on marine disposal prepared by the Maritime o NZ is available from our Dunedin office, 70 Stafford 112½ Arc Visible Street. o o Starboard 112½ 112½ lf you do see pollution in Otago Harbour, please call the Green Boating Otago Regional Council's 24 Hour Pollution Hotline: or Red Freephone 0800 800 033 o 112½ Red Green Arc Visible General information Port Guide Port and Starboard Combined Lantern The Otago Harbour is 22km long with an average width of o 2.3km. Divided into two parts by the peninsula at Port 112½ o Arc of 67½ Chalmers and Portobello, and Quarantine and Goat Islands, visibility the two areas are referred to as the Upper Harbour Mast Stern (between Dunedin and the islands) and the Lower Harbour. White White Otago Harbour is dominated by a deep main channel which o o 67½ runs almost its entire length. While the Lower Harbour 112½ Channel is dredged to a minimum depth of 12.2m and Masthead & Stern minimum width of 180m, the Upper Harbour Channel is 7.6m deep and 76m wide. More commonly referred to as "Victoria Channel", the Upper Harbour Channel has a rock Harbourmaster training wall for nearly 10km along its eastern side which is submerged at high tide. A smaller undredged channel, The Harbourmaster is appointed by the Otago Regional the Eastern Channel provides access for small craft from Council and should be contacted for general safety and Victoria Channel through to the eastern side of the Upper navigation advice and for permission to stage events and in Harbour. It is marked with a series of piles identified by cases of conflict over harbour use. the letters A-T. The Harbourmaster can be contacted at the The exchange of waters in the Lower Harbour is almost total in each tidal cycle and strong currents near the narrow Otago Regional Council, entrance and the main channel mean all harbour users must 70 Stafford Street, ensure they are safely equipped at all times. About 30% of Private Bag1954, Otago Harbour is intertidal, resulting in sand banks Dunedin. Photo: Tomas Sobek appearing in some areas at low tide. This means caution is required when moving into shallower areas. Phone 474 0827 or email [email protected] Waves within the harbour are wind generated and are A/Hrs 0800 800 033 dominated by N & NE, S & SW directions. During summer a NE sea breeze is often generated during the afternoon and can become quite fresh. Water temperatures within the harbour typically vary between 9o C and 12o C. All users should be aware of the risk of hypothermia and take appropriate precautions. 12.2012.JA r. everyone to use and enjoy the whole harbou whole the enjoy and use to everyone Remember, respect and consideration for others will enable enable will others for consideration and respect Remember, the main channel. main the powerboats. Windsurfers, for your own safety, keep out of of out keep safety, own your for Windsurfers, powerboats. Do not exceed 25 knots within Otago Harbour. Otago within knots 25 exceed not Do including windsurfers, jet skis, rowers, yachts and and yachts rowers, skis, jet windsurfers, including If in doubt give way. This applies to all craft craft all to applies This way. give doubt in If 10 knots must be over 15 years old. years 15 over be must knots 10 as they have a restricted ability to manoeuvre and stop. stop. and manoeuvre to ability restricted a have they as 229 8882 or on VHF Channels 16 and 14. and 16 Channels VHF on or 8882 229 The driver of any power boat capable of speeds in excess of of excess in speeds of capable boat power any of driver The onthme h aiainadpsaelreships of large passage and navigation the hamper not Do Harbour). Harbour Control may be contacted by phoning 021 021 phoning by contacted be may Control Harbour Harbour). Control before proceeding into the Victoria Channel (Upper (Upper Channel Victoria the into proceeding before Control Any waterway less than 400 metres wide. metres 400 than less waterway Any Dangerous currents also occur in this area. this in occur also currents Dangerous Vessels over 11 metres in length must contact Harbour Harbour contact must length in metres 11 over Vessels 200 metres of an "International Code A" flag flag A" Code "International an of metres 200 with caution there may be a ship coming the other way. way. other the coming ship a be may as there caution with underway underway Communications Quarantine Islands Islands Quarantine and Goat between passage the Approach 50 metres of any other vessel, whether moored or or moored whether vessel, other any of metres 50 50 metres of anyone swimming or fishing fishing or swimming anyone of metres 50 vessel moored alongside. moored vessel 200 metres of shore shore of metres 200 Do not approach within 50 metres of the LPG berth or any any or berth LPG the of metres 50 within approach not Do Maritime NZ or on their website. their on or NZ Maritime accident report forms are available from the Dunedin office office Dunedin the from available are forms report accident For your safety your For Do not travel at speeds greater than 5 knots within: knots 5 than greater speeds at travel not Do development of maritime notices and rules. User friendly friendly User rules. and notices maritime of development significant trends in boating accidents, as well as the the as well as accidents, boating in trends significant Know the 5 knot rule knot 5 the Know everyone. The information they contain helps identify identify helps contain they information The everyone. education and the creation of safer boating environments for for environments boating safer of creation the and education tons. These reports play a valuable role in maritime safety safety maritime in role valuable a play reports These vessels of over 500 gross gross 500 over of vessels All vessels give way to to way give vessels All accident. other water users and knowing harbour bylaws. bylaws. harbour knowing and users water other Council Harbourmaster as soon as possible after the the after possible as soon as Harbourmaster Council certain responsibilities, including showing consideration for for consideration showing including responsibilities, certain structures must also be reported to the Otago Regional Regional Otago the to reported be also must structures Operating these fast and fun packed machines does carry carry does machines packed fun and fast these Operating Any damage to harbour navigational aids or other harbour harbour other or aids navigational harbour to damage Any the sailing vessel. sailing the Otago Harbour is a popular playground for jet ski riders. riders. ski jet for playground popular a is Harbour Otago Power vessels give way to to way give vessels Power Jet skis Jet Maritime NZ, by the people involved. people the by NZ, Maritime After every small boat accident, a report must be submitted to to submitted be must report a accident, boat small every After to return. to Small boat accidents boat Small gives way. gives Tell someone where you are going and when you expect expect you when and going are you where someone Tell other on the starboard side side starboard the on other Don't mix drinking and boating boating and drinking mix Don't The vessel having the the having vessel The Be aware of tides and their effects. their and tides of aware Be Guard against fire fire against Guard Power vessels meeting: vessels Power Show proper navigation lights navigation proper Show - Distress Signals Signals - Distress permanently marked permanently Miscellaneous) Have the name of your boat prominently and and prominently boat your of name the Have - General Harbour Regulations (Nautical and and (Nautical Regulations Harbour - General silenced Each alters to starboard. to alters Each - Collision Regulations Regulations - Collision Ensure that all motor boat exhausts are efficiently efficiently are exhausts boat motor all that Ensure head on: head - Otago Regional Council Harbour Bylaws Bylaws Harbour Council Regional - Otago Keep to the starboard (right hand) side of channels of side hand) (right starboard the to Keep Power vessels meeting meeting vessels Power Know the: the: Know Do: Keep a good lookout lookout good a Keep Ensure engine reliability and carry reserve fuel fuel reserve carry and reliability engine Ensure Place setnets in or near the channels. the near or in setnets Place sailing vessel). sailing Carry full equipment for the boat's purposes purposes boat's the for equipment full Carry Tie up or secure to a beacon a to secure or up Tie gives way (this includes a a includes (this way gives Wear tested lifejackets (vessels under 6m) 6m) under (vessels lifejackets tested Wear Drift in or near the channels the near or in Drift Every overtaking vessel vessel overtaking Every Don't overload overload Don't Anchor in or near the channels the near or in Anchor Vessel overtaking another: overtaking Vessel Watch the weather weather the Watch Don't: To avoid a collision a avoid To Do’s & dont’s & Do’s Boat safety Boat Small Craft Launching Ramps 1 Kitchener Street Reserve 6 Macandrew Bay Mole Concrete Concrete Limited trailer access Limited parking Otago Taiaroa Head Ample parking Exposed to SW Exposed to N Vauxhall Broad Bay 2 7 Harbour Aramoana Concrete and wood Concrete Limited parking Limited parking Sheltered Exposed to E & W Harington Point 3 Boat Harbour (2) 8 Back Beach Concrete or brick Concrete Ample parking Limited parking.