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SAILING DIRECTIONS
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WEST COASTS OF MEXICO
AND CENTRAL AMERICA
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Prepared and published by the
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Bethesda, Maryland
© COPYRIGHT 2007 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C.
2007
ELEVENTH EDITION
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Preface
0.0 Pub. 153, Sailing Directions (Enroute) West Coasts of
Mexico and Central America, Eleventh Edition, 2007, is issued
for use in conjunction with Pub. 120, Sailing Directions
(Planning Guide) Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. Com-
panion volumes are Pubs. 154, 155, 157, 158, and 159.
0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 13 and 14 provide electronic chart
coverage for the area covered by this publication.
0.0 This publication has been corrected to 20 October 2007,
including Notice to Mariners No. 42 of 2007.
designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow
for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track,
and navigate so that the designated course is continuously
being made good.
Currents.— Current directions are the true directions toward
which currents set.
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Dangers.— As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but
inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part,
omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are
mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal
passage or fairway are described.
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Explanatory Remarks
Distances.— Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1
minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed
in meters, or tenths of miles.
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Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department
of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and
pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10,
Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing
Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the
world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically
on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere.
0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and
port approach information which supplements the largest scale
chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas
called “Sectors.”
Geographic Names.— Geographic names are generally
those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren-
theses following another name are alternate names that may
appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted
only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks,
such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to
specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the
interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their
spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political
status of an area by the United States Government.
Heights.— Heights are referred to the plane of reference
used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters.
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Bearings.— Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees
from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General
bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com-
pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings
have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended
degrees are used.
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Index-Gazetteer.— Navigational features and place-names
are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi-
mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers
(e.g. 1.1 ), facilitate location in the text.
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Internet Links.— This publication provides internet links to
web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ-
ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy-
drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities.
NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the
accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web
sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis-
sions of these web sites.
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Coastal Features.— It is assumed that the majority of ships
have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for
radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence
in each Sector.
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Corrective Information.— Corrective information and other
comments about this publication can be forwarded to NGA, as
follows:
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date of the publication shown above. Important information to
amend material in the publication is available as a Publication
Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Safety
Information Division website.
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Light and Fog Signals.— Lights and fog signals are not de-
scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light
Lists should be consulted for complete information.
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Ports.— Directions for entering ports are depicted where
appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which
facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational
aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how-
ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide
in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities
are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in
Pub. 150, World Port Index.
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Radio Navigational Aids.— Radio navigational aids are not
described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational
Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine
Broadcasts, should be consulted.
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NGA Maritime Safety Information Division Website
(PDUs )
http://164.214.12.145/sdr
Sales.— For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington,
DC 20402-0001. Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800, DC area
(202) 512-1800.
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Courses.— Courses are true, and are expressed in the same
manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a
course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of
origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the
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Soundings.— Soundings are referred to the datum of the
charts and are expressed in meters.
Reference List
Special Warnings.— A Special Warning may be in force for
the geographic area covered by this publication. Special
Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon
promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners
No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is
printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad-
cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation.
Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Safety
Information Division website.
The principal sources examined in the preparation of this
publication were:
British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions.
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Various port handbooks.
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Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and
various shipping companies.
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Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu-
ments.
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Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu-
ments in possession of the Agency.
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NGA Maritime Safety Information Division Website
(Special Warnings )
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Internet Web sites, as follows:
1. Baja California Sur, Ports of
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2. Braswell Shipyard, Panama
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Wind Directions.— Wind directions are the true directions
from which winds blow.
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3. J. Ray McDermott, S.A.
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Contents
How to Keep this Book Corrected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII
Chartlet—Sector Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI
Conversion Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XII
Sailing Directions Information and Suggestion Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XII
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XV
Sector 1
Off-lying Islands—West Coast of Mexico and Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sector 2
Mexico—West Coast of Baja California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sector 3
Mexico—East Coast of Baja California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sector 4
West Coast of Mexico—Gulf of California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sector 5
West Coast of Mexico—Cabo Corrientes to the Rio Suchiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sector 6
Coasts of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, including Golfo de Fonseca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sector 7
Coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sector 8
Coast Of Panama—Punta Burica to Punta Mala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sector 9
The Gulf of Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Index—Gazetteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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