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Navigation Messages Currently in Force.
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Complete Set of Messages |
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NB. This information is only updated
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office
hours 0730 -1600 Mon - Fri.
2026 Series
003 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Orange River Mouth - Mining Vessels List.
005 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Rig List.
011 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Angola - Unlit Structures.
012 Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Offshore Capo Delgado - MEZ Established.
013 Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Port of Maputo - Buoy Missing.
014 Indian Ocean - SW Sector, and South Atlantic Ocean - SE Sector - Space Debris.
015 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Orange River Mouth - Mining Vessels List.
016 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Namibia - Wet Stow.
017 Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Towing.
018 Messages in Force.
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2026 Series
001 South Coast - Offshore Cape St Francis - Vessel Aground.
004 West Coast - Saldanha Bay - VHF off the Air.
007 Namibia and RSA West Coast - Offshore Orange River Mouth - Mining Vessels List.
013 Southwest Coast - Offshore Kaap Hangklip - Vessel Submerged and Adrift.
018 West Coast - Offshore Lamberts Bay - Mooring Deployed.
019 South Coast - Offshore Port of Port Elizabeth - Buoy Deployed.
020 East Coast - Offshore Durban - Diving Operations.
021 South Coast - Algoa Bay - Buoys Deployed.
023 Namibia - Offshore Orange River Mouth - Wet Stow.
028 Southwest Coast - False Bay - Military Exercise.
029 Southwest Coast - Offshore Cape Recife - Vessel Aground.
032 South Coast - Cape Agulhus - Munitions Firing Exercise.
036 East Coast - Offshore Durban Harbour - Towing.
037 Message in Force.
Reporting of Navigational Hazards
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Changes observed at Sea by Mariners navigating beyond Harbours Reporting Form.
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Changes observed by Mariners concerning Ports and Harbours Reporting Form.
Tide Tables for South Africa and Namibia
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Tide Theory (pdf 847.36 KB)
Heights of Chart Datum Relative to Land Levelling Datum in South Africa and Namibia
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Port |
Up to |
1 Jan 1997 to 31 Dec 1997 |
1 Jan 1998 to 31 Dec 2002 |
1 Jan 2003 |
| 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