*  12 March 2024 The February 2024 Edition of Monthly Notices to Mariners, and Cumulative List Of South African Notices To Mariners 2024 are now available.
     

Navigation Messages Currently in Force.

Summary

Complete Set of Messages

 Last updated on

26/04/2024

NB. This information is only updated during office hours 0730 -1600 Mon - Fri.
 

2024 Series

 

063   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Angola - Unlit Buoy.

064   South Atlantic Ocean – NE Sector - Offshore Namibia and RSA West Coast - Seismic Operations.

065   Indian Ocean SW Sector - Capsized Vessel.

083   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Namibia and RSA West Coast - Drilling Operations.

091   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Offshore Angola - Meteo Buoy Reinstalled.

096   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Port of Walvis Bay - Jetty Construction.

097   Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Madagascar - Mahajanga and Harbour.

098   Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Madagascar - Anchoring and Trawling Prohibited.

099   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Angola - Mooring Buoys and FPSO.

100   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Port of  Lüderitz - Bottom Seabed Deployed.

101   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Offshore Angola - Drilling Operation.

104   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Port of Walvis Bay - Buoys.

105   South Atlantic Ocean - SE Sector - Vessel Sank.

139   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Port of  Lüderitz - Broken Loose Buoy.

143   South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Namibia and RSA West Coast - Mining Vessels.

144   South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean - Rig List.

147   Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Offshore East London - Towing.

148   Indian Ocean - SW Sector and Atlantic Ocean - SE Sector - Space Debris.

150   Message In Force.

 

 

 

 

 

26/04/2024

NB: This information is only updated during office hours 0730 -1600 Mon - Fri.

2024 Series

 

036   West Coast - Port of Saldanha - Temporary Buoys.

095   West  Coast - Saldanha  to Alexander Bay - Submarine Cable.

139   Namibia - Port of Walvis Bay - Buoy.

141   East Coast - Port Alfred - Light Unreliable.

142   South Coast - Offshore Cape Infanta - Buoy.

143   Namibia - Port of Lüderitz - Bottom Seabed Deployed.

144   West Coast - Saldanha  Bay - Off the Air.

145   West Coast - Saldanha  Bay - Sank Vessel.

146   South West Coast - False Bay - Whittle Rock Buoy.

147   East Coast - Offshore Cape Lucia - Light.

149   East Coast - Kosi Bay - Off the Air.

155   South West Coast - False Bay - Sunken Buoy.

156   South West Coast - False Bay - Buoy Removed.

160   South Atlantic Ocean - Offshore Alexander Bay - Drilling Operations.

168   East Coast - Bird Island - Light House.

188   South West Coast - Offshore Robben Island - Oil Drums.

191   West Coast - Saldanha  Bay - Leading Light.

193   South West Coast - Offshore Cape Columbine- Left Fishing Lines.

194   Namibia - Port of Lüderitz - Broken Loose Buoy.

204   Namibia and RSA West Coast - Offshore Orange River Mouth - Mining Vessels.

205   East Coast - Offshore East London - Lighthouse Unlit

208   South Coast - Offshore Port Elizabeth - Towing.

210   South West Coast - Offshore Cape Agulhas - Towing.

211   Message in Force.


 

 

 

 

  

 

Reporting of Navigational Hazards

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Heights of Chart Datum Relative to Land Levelling Datum in South Africa and Namibia

Port

Up to
 31 Dec 1978

1 Jan 1997
to
31 Dec 1997
1 Jan 1998
to
31 Dec 2002

 1 Jan 2003
onwards

Walvis Bay -0.913 -0.900 -0.966 -0.966
Lüderitz -0.865* -0.900 -0.935 -1.055
Port Nolloth -0.718* -0.900 -1.075 -0.925
Saldanha -0.582 -0.900 -0.975 -0.865
Cape Town -0.829 -0.900 -0.975 -0.825
Simon's Town -0.651 -0.900 -1.003 -0.843
Hermanus -0.619 -0.900 -0.978 -0.788
Mossel Bay -0.761 -0.900 -1.163 -0.933
Knysna -0.625 -0.900 -1.048 -0.788
Port Elizabeth -0.838 -0.900 -1.026 -0.836
East London -0.762 -0.900 -1.006 -0.716
Durban -0.838 -0.900 -1.113 -0.913
Richards Bay -0.900 -0.900 -1.205 -1.015

* In use until 1 January 1994