2008 REED’s East Coast Edition - Pilot Notes
Waypoints Dockage/Moorings: Many full-service
Port Royal Sound Lighted Whistle Buoy P
marinas are located all along Broad Creek.
Anchorage: Possible to anchor in Calibogue
32 05.1N, 80 35.0W Mo(A) W 6M Red/White
Sound south of the yacht basin, in nearby
stripes w/red spherical topmark. Bull Creek, or farther up Broad Creek.
Calibogue Sound entrance Daybeacon 1
Fuel: Several facilities.
Supplies: Extensive, but you may need a cab.
32 03.42N 80 49.4W SG on dolphin 16ft
Services: Extensive repair and haulout fa- t
Lighted Buoy 3
cilities available.
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32 03.8N, 80 49.82W Q G Green
Facility Location Phone VHF
Palmetto Bay Marina Hilton Head 843-785-3910 16
Skull Creek Marina Hilton Head 843-681-8436 16
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Altamaha Sound Buoy 2
to St. Marys River GA 31 18.86N 81 15.34W Fl R 2.5s Red
Tides p. 453, Differences p. 529
Brunswick Buoy 2B
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Currents p. 636, Differences p. 708
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31 00.1N, 81 09.6W Fl R 4s 4M Red
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Pilotage: There are several shoaling inlets
St. Simons STS
along this stretch. Tybee Roads, leading to
Savannah, and St. Simon’s Sound, leading to
31 03.2N, 81 15.1W Mo(A) W 6M Red/White
Brunswick are the only ones that should be
stripes w/ red spherical topmark. RACON B (– • • •).
attempted. St. Mary’s Inlet safely connects to
the ICW in Florida and leads to safe havens
St. Marys River, GA/Fernandina Beach, FL
at St. Marys, GA and Fernandina Beach, FL.
Pilotage: Fernandina Beach is located just
Waypoints to the S of the St Marys Entrance channel.
Tybee Sea Buoy T
The inlet has a well-marked channel and
range lights bearing 267.8°.
31 57.9N, 80 43.2W Mo(A) W 6M Red/White
The jetties at the entrance to Cumberland
stripes w/ red spherical topmark. RACON G ( – – •) Sound are almost entirely submerged at
Wassaw Sound Lighted Buoy 2W
MHW. Exercise caution as these jetties are
navigation hazard in limited visibility. Cur-
31 51.6N, 80 53.0W Fl R 4s 3M Red
rents are strong off the ends of the jetties. The
Ossabaw Sound Entrance Buoy OS
natural channel between the jetties is subject
to frequent change. The currents scour out
31 47.8N, 80 56.2W Mo(A) W 6M Red/White
the channel during spring tides, but the
stripes w/ red spherical topmark. shoals build up again during neap tides.
St. Catherines Sound Buoy STC
Caution: Local fishing vessels may be seen
going N out of the sound using the natural
31 40.2N, 81 00.2W Mo(A) W 5M Red/White
channel off the end of the north jetty, marked
stripes w/ red spherical topmark. by a buoy. Mariners lacking local knowledge
Sapelo Sound Buoy S
are warned against this as unpredictable cur-
rents present a danger of being set into the
31 28.5N, 080 54.57W Fl Y 6s 5M Yellow
end of the jetty.
Doboy Sound D
Submarines from the Kings Bay base N
of the inlet navigate in this channel. These
31 21.2N, 81 11.4W Mo(A) W 6M Red/White
are deep-draft vessels and must stay in the
stripes w/ red spherical topmark. middle of the deepwater channel.
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