NAVOPLAN

Coos Bay, United States

64 Verified Intelligence Items

60Verified
Intelligence

27Official
Sources

91%Overall
Confidence

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CoordinatesN 43 22' .0012"
W 124 13' .0012"

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Harbor ProfileNorth Pacific Ocean
Size: Small

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EntranceTidal Range: 5.90 ft
Depth: 25.91 ft

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Port StatusPort of Entry: Yes
Shelter: Excellent

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Last UpdateJun 28, 2026
09:30 ET

🧭 Approach & Entrance 5 items

🛟 Shelter & Refuge 6 items

⚠ Local Cautions 8 items

🛒 Crew Rest & Resupply 8 items

☎ Harbor / Authority 6 items 🔒

📡 Contacts & VHF 5 items 🔒

🛥 Marinas 7 items 🔒

⛽ Fuel & Utilities 8 items 🔒

🛂 Clearance & Formalities 4 items 🔒

🚑 Medical & Emergency 6 items 🔒

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Current Briefing

Approach & Entrance

Coos Bay approach intelligence includes pilotage, entrance channel depths, harbor communications, traffic density, anchoring restrictions, and operational cautions for arrival planning.

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Verified Intelligence

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Pilotage And Pilot Boarding / Communications

Official / Operator Source · Verified Jun 28, 2026

Pilotage is compulsory for all foreign vessels and all U.S. vessels under registry (optional for certain coastwise U.S. vessels with federal pilot aboard). Coos Bay Pilots Association: 686 N Front St, Coos Bay, OR; tel: 541-267-6555 (24 hr). Pilots usually board ~1 mile NW of Coos Bay Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy K; pilot boats monitor VHF channels 13 & 16 and use 12 & 18A as working frequencies.

96% Confidence

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Entrance Character And Immediate Hazards

Official Source · Verified Jun 28, 2026

Coos Bay entrance: breaking bar with sand spits and submerged jetties; areas of persistent shoaling (South Slough sand spit, submerged jetty near South Slough Light 1); AREA NORTH OF CHANNEL LIGHTED BUOY 5 is especially hazardous; 'entrance range may not mark best water.'

95% Confidence

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Bar Condition Reporting And Operational Restrictions

Official Source · Verified Jun 28, 2026

Coast Guard issues bar condition reports (updated every 3 hours or more frequently); recorded bar report numbers: Coast Guard recorded line (Coos Bay) (541) 888-3102 and station phone (541) 888-3266; continuous local broadcast within ~3 nm on AM 1610 and public broadcasts via VHF as Notices/BNMs. Regulated Navigation Area 'ROUGH BAR' signs with flashing amber lights restrict recreational and uninspected passenger vessels when activated.

94% Confidence

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Tidal Currents And Reported Velocities

Official Source · Verified Jun 28, 2026

Entrance currents commonly ~2 knots; greatest observed ebb >3 knots; reported ebb up to 5 knots at Guano Rock; ebb meeting heavy seas produces hazardous breaking conditions.

93% Confidence

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Channel Maintenance, Authorized Depths And Disposal

Official / Operator Source · Verified Jun 28, 2026

USACE maintains the federal navigation channel; routine maintenance dredging is performed (historical average ~10,000 cy/yr from various terminals); designated ocean disposal sites (ODMDS F, E, H) exist outside the entrance; authorized/constructed project depths vary by reach (existing project depths cited include -37 ft MLLW in parts and project plans include deeper capital depths to -45 ft for some basins in the 2024 Channel Modification Project).

90% Confidence