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33 CFR 165.1107: San Diego Bay, California.

(a) Location. The area encompassed by the following geographic coordinates is a regulated navigation area:
32°41′24.6″ N 117°14′21.9″ W
32°41′34.2″ N 117°13′58.5″ W
32°41′34.2″ N 117°13′37.2″ W
Thence south along the shoreline to
32°41′11.2″ N 117°13′31.3″ W
32°41′11.2″ N 117°13′58.5″ W
Thence north along the shoreline to the point of origin.
Datum: NAD 1983.
(b) Regulations. (1) During submarine docking/undocking operations at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base on Ballast Point, San Diego Bay, California, mariners transiting within the regulated navigation area shall proceed at a speed that generates no wake from their vessel.
(2) The Coast Guard will issue a Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and if time permits a Local Notice to Mariners, to inform the maritime community of the dates and times of the submarine docking/undocking operations covered by paragraph (b)(1).
(3) The master and/or operator of a vessel within the regulated navigation area shall comply with any other orders or directions issued by the Coast Guard as required for the safety of the submarine docking/undocking operations covered by paragraph (b)(1).

Where this section sits in the code

Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters
CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY
PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
Subpart F—Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

(a) Location. The area encompassed by the following geographic coordinates is a regulated navigation area:

32°41′24.6″ N 117°14′21.9″ W

32°41′34.2″ N 117°13′58.5″ W

32°41′34.2″ N 117°13′37.2″ W

Thence south along the shoreline to

32°41′11.2″ N 117°13′31.3″ W

32°41′11.2″ N 117°13′58.5″ W

Thence north along the shoreline to the point of origin.

Datum: NAD 1983.

(b) Regulations. (1) During submarine docking/undocking operations at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base on Ballast Point, San Diego Bay, California, mariners transiting within the regulated navigation area shall proceed at a speed that generates no wake from their vessel.

(2) The Coast Guard will issue a Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and if time permits a Local Notice to Mariners, to inform the maritime community of the dates and times of the submarine docking/undocking operations covered by paragraph (b)(1).

(3) The master and/or operator of a vessel within the regulated navigation area shall comply with any other orders or directions issued by the Coast Guard as required for the safety of the submarine docking/undocking operations covered by paragraph (b)(1).

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