LMR is Open to navigation with the following provisions:
1. A grounded vessel just below the Head of Passes has restricted passing traffic to vessels drafting 35’ or less.
2. Periodic fog at SWP has caused delays in vessel transits both entering and departing the LMR.
See the USCG MSIB Section on page 11 for High Water Advisories.
The additional following notice are in effect:
1. UPDATE: The main navigation channel of the Sunshine Bridge remains open. The alternate span is now open to inland tow vessel traffic only. Burnside Anchorage is now open from MM 166.5 to MM 167.0. (Click here)
2. BAR SWP Entry Restrictions (Click here) Federal Pilots SWP Entry Restrictions (Click here).Paragraph
3. High Water Restrictions – NOBRA (Click here), CRPPA (Click here), Fed Pilots (Click here).
4. Updated 02/18/2019 – CRPPA Draft Restriction – 45’ Suggested Maximum Draft/One- Way Traffic – (Click here).
5. 02/01/2019 – BAR Pilot – SWP Draft Restriction – 44’ Recommended Maximum Freshwater Draft From SWP Sea Buoy to MM 1.5 AHOP – (Click here).
6. USCBP Southern Currents 19-020 – Blanket Delay in Departure (Click here) Posted 02/21/2019.