Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 2021

Monday, 11 January 2021

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993

SOUTH AUSTRALIA – SPENCER GULF – LUCKY BAY – NEW NAVIGATION BEACONS

Mariners are advised that the following new navigation beacons (in WGS84 coordinates) have been installed in Lucky Bay to mark the entrance channel.

This entrance channel has a safe operating depth of 2 meters at LAT.

Beacon	Latitude	Longitude	Flash Characteristic	Range (nm)
Starboard Entry	33° 42’ 30.32” S	137° 02’ 17.51” E	Fl G 3s	1
Starboard Mid	33° 42’ 23.74” S	137° 02’ 07.61” E	Fl G 3s	1
Port Entry	33° 42’ 33.66” S	137° 02’ 15.31” E	Fl R 3s	1
Port Mid	33° 42’ 27.14” S	137° 02’ 04.53” E	Fl R 3s	1
Front Lead	33° 42’ 18.56” S	137° 01’ 57.65” E	F Bu	3
Rear Lead	33° 42’ 17.29” S	137° 01’ 55.87” E	F Bu	3
Port Channel No. 6 buoy	33° 42’ 46.86” S	137° 02’ 35.54” E	Fl R 5s	8
Port Channel No. 4 buoy	33° 42’ 52.07” S	137° 02’ 38.61” E	Fl R 5s	8
Port Channel No. 2 buoy	33° 43’ 08.62” S	137° 02’ 39.72” E	Fl R 5s	8
South Cardinal buoy	33° 43’ 08.65” S	137° 02’ 41.83” E	Q(6) + LFl W 15s	8
Starboard Channel No. 3 buoy	33° 42’ 48.08” S	137° 02’ 40.64” E	Fl G 5s	8

The old front and rear lead beacons with a bearing of 307.1° have been removed and replaced with two new lead beacons as detailed in the table above with a new bearing of 310.6°.

Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in the area.

Charts affected: Aus 485, Aus 777

GORDON PANTON

Manager Marine Safety and Compliance

Department for Infrastructure and Transport

4 January 2021

DIT 2017/02277/01