Notice To Mariners
Port of Corner Inlet and Port Albert
Location: Port Albert – Old Port Channel
DATE: 28 May 2022
DETAILS: Mariners are advised that following a formal risk assessment the waters of the Old Port Channel at Port Albert have been identified as being navigable only by very shallow draft watercraft upstream of newly established #6 Port and #13 Starboard lateral mark gate buoys.
Accordingly, the following Aids to Navigation have been withdrawn from service.
Old Port Channel Starboard Lateral Mark buoys: #1,#3,#5,#7,#9,#11,#13,#15,#17,#19,#21,#23,#25,#27,#29,#31
Old Port Channel Port Lateral Mark buoys: #2,#4,#6,#8,#10,#12,#14,#16,#18,#20.
The Old Port Channel has been partially marked with new unlit Aids to Navigation established as follows;
Old Port Channel No.1 West Cardinal Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 41.031’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.016’ E
Old Port Channel #3 Starboard Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.845’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.180’ E
Old Port Channel #5 Starboard Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.736’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.331’ E
Old Port Channel #7 Starboard Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.765’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.522’ E
Old Port Channel #9 Starboard Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat 38° 40.668’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.647’ E
Old Port Channel #11 Starboard Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.406’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.686’ E
Old Port Channel #13 Starboard Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.335’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.667’ E
Old Port Channel #2 Port Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.822’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.150’ E
Old Port Channel #4 Port Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat 38° 40.411’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.657’ E
Old Port Channel #6 Port Lateral Mark buoy;
- Lat. 38° 40.336’ S
- Lon. 146° 38.634’ E
For further information please call Gippsland Ports Harbour Master on 0427 610 025.
Charts Affected: Aus.181
Publications Affected: Gippsland Ports Waterways online website available at; https://www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au/boating/waterways-online/
Capt. Bevis Hayward
Harbour Master
Gippsland Ports