Aids to Navigation on Navigable Waters Except Western Rivers and Intracoastal Waterway

Port hand aids are green with green lights Starboard hand aids are red with red lights.
Note: White lights are no longer used on port and starboard hand aids in waters used by international mariners. However, in the western rivers including the Mississippi River system above Baton Rouge, white lights may still be used on crossing aids

Red and white buoys are spherical or have a red spherical topmark.
Note: Lighted and/or sound safe water buoys have a red spherical topmark.

Small Craft, Gale, Whole Gale and Hurricane Warnings

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