NAVOPLAN

Sausalito, United States

71 Verified Intelligence Items

68Verified
Intelligence

47Official
Sources

91%Overall
Confidence

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CoordinatesN 37 51' .0000"
W 122 28' 59.9988"

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Harbor ProfileNorth Pacific Ocean
Size: Very Small

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EntranceTidal Range: 3.94 ft
Depth: 16.07 ft

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Port StatusPort of Entry: Unknown
Shelter: Good

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Last UpdateJun 28, 2026
09:30 ET

🧭 Approach & Entrance 8 items

🛟 Shelter & Refuge 6 items

⚠ Local Cautions 8 items

🛒 Crew Rest & Resupply 8 items

☎ Harbor / Authority 5 items 🔒

📡 Contacts & VHF 6 items 🔒

🛥 Marinas 7 items 🔒

⛽ Fuel & Utilities 7 items 🔒

🛂 Clearance & Formalities 8 items 🔒

🚑 Medical & Emergency 8 items 🔒

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Current Briefing

Approach & Entrance

Sausalito 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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Charting Authority / Primary Nautical Charts

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Primary charting authority: NOAA Office of Coast Survey (NOAA nautical charts/ENCs); maintain corrections via USCG Local Notice to Mariners and NOAA ENC updates.

95% Confidence

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Federal Anchorage Designation / Special Anchorage

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Richardson Bay is designated a 'special anchorage' under 33 CFR §110.126a; anchoring north of a line bearing 257° from Peninsula Point to Sausalito is within that area (except federally-maintained channels).

95% Confidence

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Notices / Temporary Changes

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Operational changes to aids, channel dredging, restrictions and temporary security/regulated zones are published via USCG Local Notice to Mariners (District 11 / Sector San Francisco) and weekly LNM bulletins.

95% Confidence

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Local Operational Control (Anchoring / Moorings / Eelgrass Protection)

Operator Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) manages anchoring, moorings, eelgrass protection zones and anchorage permits; RBRA provides charts, cautions and contact 415‑971‑3919.

94% Confidence

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Pollution / Sanitary Restrictions (No‑Discharge Zone)

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Richardson Bay is an EPA‑designated No‑Discharge Area (vessel sewage discharge prohibited).

94% Confidence

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Aids To Navigation (Channel Marks / Cone Rock Marker)

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Sausalito channel buoys, daybeacons and Cone Rock marker/light are listed in the USCG Light List (Light List Vol. VI Pacific Coast).

93% Confidence

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Entrance Character And Shoaling (Richardson Bay / Sausalito)

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Richardson Bay is generally shoal except the southern edge fronting Sausalito; a marked channel leads northwest to Sausalito (lights and daybeacons).

92% Confidence

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Tides And Tidal Datum / Station

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

NOAA CO‑OPS station SAUSALITO (ID 9414806) provides tide predictions, datums and harmonic constituents for Sausalito (subordinate station to San Francisco reference).

90% Confidence