RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION - Canadian Coast Guard

MCTS Victoria / VAK – Broadcasts
TIME PST FREQUENCY CONTENTS
Continuous
Interrupted
during live
broadcasts
WX3
Mount Helmcken
NAME
COORDINATES
CALL SIGN
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
VICTORIA HARBOUR
48º25’40”N 123º21’52”W
VAH20
MARPOLE RAILWAY BRIDGE, BC
49º12’00”N 123º07’31”W
VGC248
NEW WESTMINSTER RAILWAY
BRIDGE, BC
49º12’32”N 122º53’25”W
XLZ35
QUEENSBORO RAILWAY BRIDGE,
BC
49º11’51”N 122º55’23”W
XJJ62
SECOND NARROWS RAILWAY
BRIDGE
49º17’42”N 123º01’27”W
CJU52
RADIOTELEPHONY:
• Safety Notices to Shipping only.
• Technical synopsis and marine forecast areas 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
• Wave height forecast area 7.
• Extended marine forecast areas 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Automated Weather Reports:
1. Sheringham Point 4. Discovery Island 6. Saturna Island
2. Race Rocks 5. Kelp Reef 7. Sandheads
3. Victoria / Gonzales Point
Ocean Buoy Report:
1. La Perouse Bank
Local Lighthouse Weather Reports:
1. Estevan Point 4. Cape Beale 6. Carmanah Point
2. Lennard Island 5. Pachena Point 7. Trial Island
3. Amphitrite Point
• U.S. coastal weather forecasts for inland waters from Cape Flattery to
Cape Shoalwater out to 60 miles, Northern Inland waters including the
San Juan Islands, Puget Sound and Hood Canal.
Automated Weather Reports for Juan de Fuca Strait:
1. Cape Flattery 4. Smith Island
2. “JA” Buoy 5. Ogden Point
3. Hein Bank
BRIDGE OPERATIONS – PACIFIC COAST
CLASS
OF
SERVICE
CHANNEL
SC 12
SC 16
74
06
08
SC 16
11
12
74
SC 16
74
06
08
SC 12
REMARKS
Operated by the City of Victoria, BC.
Ship traffic control only.
Operated by Canadian Pacific Railway.
Note: In operation from 0730 to 1500 local time.
Operated by Department of Public Works.
Ship traffic control only.
Operated by BC Southern Railway.
Operated by Canadian National Railway.
Ship traffic control only.
Note: See current “Sailing Directions” for a list of bridges that require radio contact for opening.
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