Visual Buoyage Guide

Table of Contents:

U.S. ATON System

Private Aids to Navigation

Safety Tips

Lateral System

Non-Lateral Aids to Navigation

Uniform State Waterway Marking System

Western Rivers Marking System

Visual Buoyage Guide

Nautical Chart

Bridge Lighting & Other Signals

ATON Abbreviations

USCG District ATON Offices

Report ATON Defects

Aids to Navigation — Road Signs of the Waterway

Visual Buoyage Guide

Illustration of a water way area with the preferred channel (marked by a sold black line and arrow) going slightly left, a secondary channel (marked by a dotted black line and arrow) going right, and an intercoastal waterway (marked by a solid magenta line) going across the area horizontally.