| * | 10 September 2024 | The August 2024 Edition of Monthly Notices to Mariners, and Cumulative List Of South African Notices To Mariners 2024 are now available. |
| * | 10 May 2024 | The SAN HO3 updated version is now available. |
Navigation Messages Currently in Force.
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Summary |
Complete Set of Messages |
Last updated on |
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11/09/2024 |
NB. This information is only updated
during
office
hours 0730 -1600 Mon - Fri.
2024 Series
063 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Angola - Unlit Buoy.
091 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Offshore Angola - Meteo Buoy
Reinstalled.
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.
216 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Angola - Vessels mobilizing.
241 Indian Ocean - SW Sector - Port of Maputo - Buoy missing.
249 AFMET ZSJ - Off the Air.
268 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Namibia - Light Unlit.
291 South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean Sectors - Rig List.
292 South Atlantic Ocean - NE Sector - Offshore Orange River Mouth - Mining List.
294 Message in force.
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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.
142 South Coast - Offshore Cape Infanta - Buoy.
143 Namibia - Port of Lüderitz - Bottom Seabed Deployed.
144 West Coast - Saldanha Bay - Off the Air.
146 South West Coast - False Bay - Whittle Rock Buoy.
147 East Coast - Offshore Cape Lucia - Light.
155 South West Coast - False Bay - Sunken Buoy.
156 South West Coast - False Bay - Buoy Removed.
223 South Coast - Mossel Bay - Foghorn Not Operational.
309 West Coast - Offshore Cape Columbine - Drilling Operations.
339 East Coast - Port Elizabeth Harbour - Light not operational and
temporary light installed.
359 South Coast - Algoa Bay - Port of Ngqura - Buoy Deployed.
381 Southwest Coast - False Bay - Simons town - Temporary Buoy Installed.
405 AFMET ZSJ - Off the Air.
414 West Coast - Offshore Island - Vessel aground.
449 West Coast - Port of Luderitz - Light unlit.
512 Namibia and RSA West Coast - Offshore Orange River Mouth - Mining List.
517 Southwest Coast - Offshore Gansbaai - Fishing Gear left.
520 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