Displays the location of marine beacons for the State of Hawaii as recorded on NOAA nautical charts. While buoys float at the surface of the water, beacons are fixed to the sea bottom. Both are used as aids to navigation (ATONs) to indicate traffic channels, to warn against potential dangers, or for other navigational purposes. Some include lights or radar reflectors to make them visible at night and in conditions of reduced visibility. In the IALA B maritime buoyage system (North and South America), red lateral markers have even numbers and should remain on your right when returning from sea ("red, right, returning") while green lateral markers have odd numbers and should remain on your left.

Displays the locations of lights for the State of Hawaii as recorded on NOAA nautical charts. These aids to navigation (ATONs) are used in conjunction with beacons and buoys to indicate traffic channels, to warn against potential dangers, or for other navigational purposes. In the IALA B maritime buoyage system (North and South America), red lateral markers have even numbers and should remain on your right when returning from sea ("red, right, returning") while green lateral markers have odd numbers and should remain on your left. Other colors are used for non-lateral markers with a variety of purposes.

Locations of lighthouses and minor coastal lights for the State of Hawaii. These aids to navigation (ATONs) are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals and reefs, and safe entries to harbors and can assist in both marine and aerial navigation. Information regarding the lamp light (color, range, elevation, etc.) is also provided as determined from NOAA nautical charts.

This data set identifies aids to navigation, or ATONs, such as lights, signals, buoys, and day beacons, that are intended to assist a navigator to determine position or safe course, or to warn of dangers or obstructions to navigation. The U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for ensuring that this network is up to date and functioning properly so recreational and commercial boaters can safely navigate the maritime environment. Not for navigation.

Displays the point location of anchorages and non-anchorages for the State of Hawaii as recorded on NOAA nautical charts. These are offshore areas outside of harbors where ships and boats can lie at anchor; many offer natural shelter from the effects of storms. Some anchorage zones have usage restrictions while others are prohibited entirely. These are indicated herein by marker color. See also the associated "Anchorage Zones - Hawaii" layer for related polygon boundaries.

Buoys around Saipan and Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Locations of day-use mooring buoys within the waters surrounding the Main Hawaiian Islands. Installed and maintained by the Malama Kai Foundation, these buoys provide a convenient means of securing boats in popular dive and snorkel spots to prevent damage to coral reefs caused by anchors.

These data provide an accurate high-resolution shoreline compiled from imagery of Midway Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, HI . This vector shoreline data is based on an office interpretation of imagery that may be suitable as a geographic information system (GIS) data layer. This metadata describes information for both the line and point shapefiles. The NGS attribution scheme 'Coastal Cartographic Object Attribute Source Table (C-COAST)' was developed to conform the attribution of various sources of shoreline data into one attribution catalog. C-COAST is not a recognized standard, but was influenced by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-57 Object-Attribute standard so the data would be more accurately translated into S-57. This resource is a member of https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39808

Shallow water mooring (SWM) buoys around Guam, Mariana Islands

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