bo 3500.1n - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

BO 3500.1N
25 Mar 08
3. Scheduling
a. Submit requests for use of the CPAVA to the Range Scheduling Office
in accordance with figure 3-1 of this Order.
b. Units desiring to conduct offshore training that may be hazardous
to non participants (i.e. mine countermeasures training, underwater demolitions)
shall notify the Director, Range Operations Division at least 30 days
in advance of planned training. Units must provide a diagram of planned
training footprint using the Camp Pendleton Military Installation Map
[reference (d)]; diagrams must include a description of training mines or
other obstacles. Units desiring to conduct hazardous activities offshore
shall also be responsible for publication of a Notice to Mariners via
coordination with the US Coast Guard.
c. The Range Scheduling Office shall be notified in writing upon
cancellation of training. Verbal cancellations will not be accepted.
5003. LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC) TRANSIT LANE. Due to the LCACs high
speed of advance, a clear LCAC Transit Lane extending a minimum of 4,000
yards seaward from the ACU-5 ramp (33-15.5N/117-26.3W) has been designated
for LCAC line-up purposes. This exclusion area (in effect, an LCAC “driveway”)
is the only safe access for LCACs departing from and returning to the
ACU-5 ramp. The LCAC Transit Lane is contained within the boundaries listed
below.
LATITUDE NORTH
LONGITUDE WEST
33 degrees 15’ 40” 117 degrees 26’ 20”
33 degrees 12’ 50” 117 degrees 31’ 10”
33 degrees 12’ 30” 117 degrees 30’ 50”
33 degrees 15’ 20” 117 degrees 26’ 10”
to point of origin
5004. LCAC OPERATIONS
1. General. LCACs are restricted in their ability to maneuver when departing
from and returning to the ACU-5 ramp. This LCAC maneuverability restriction
equates to plus or minus ten degrees from a line perpendicular to the
surf zone.
2. Anchoring. For LCAC safety purposes, it is imperative ships do not
anchor within the LCAC Transit Lane. This exclusion extends seaward 4,000
yards, bearing 235 to 055 degrees true, from L33-15.5N/117-26.3W.
3. Environmental. LCAC operations ashore and land operations shall be
conducted per Chapter 2 of this Order. LCAC operations shall maintain a
1,000-foot seaward buffer zone from the Blue Beach/White Beach Least Tern/
Snowy Plover nesting areas between 1 March and 15 September. Direct ingress
from the LCAC ramp/facility is not affected by this buffer zone.
5005. DEL MAR BOAT BASIN
1. General. The Commanding Officer, MCB exercises command in all matters
pertaining to the Del Mar Boat Basin, the government-owned beaches adjacent
to it, the channel and channel entrance, and the restricted sea areas off the
Del Mar outer breakwater.
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