🧭 Entrance Bar Hazard & Tidal Current Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Entrance bar dangerous; up to 6 kt current possible on spring tides; sneaker breakers common (primarily ebb). 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Aids To Navigation At Approach Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Lighted buoys mark the entrance; Bodega Harbor Approach Lighted Gong Buoy 'BA' used as a passing reference (pass south of BA when passage reduced). 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Local Underwater Hazards Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Low Bodega Rock and foul ground extend 0.2–0.7 mile SE of the south face of Bodega Head. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Visual Landmark - Bodega Head Light Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Bodega Head Light at 38°18'01"N, 123°03'14"W; 110 ft above water; post with red/white diamond daymark. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Tide And Current Prediction Source Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 NOAA CO‑OPS station 9415625 'Bodega Harbor entrance' provides tide predictions and PORTS data products (use for timing). 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Pilotage Recommendation Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 A pilot should be engaged by deep‑draft vessels and by strangers when there is any sea on the bar; entrance ranges may not mark deepest channel. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Coast Guard Presence & Reporting Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 U.S. Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay is active; hazards to navigation should be reported to USCG Bodega Bay at 707‑875‑3596 (24 hrs) or VHF Channel 16. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Recent Hydrographic Survey (Channel Condition) Official Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 USACE hydrographic survey of Bodega Harbor (survey date recorded May 2025); map labeled 'not to be used for navigation; channel condition at survey date'. 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment