TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

RE: SOUTHWEST PASS, RECOMMENDED DRAFT LIMITATION

The Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans recommend that vessels transiting Southwest Pass from the Sea Buoy (Entrance Lighted Whistle Buoy “SW”) to Mile 1.5 above Head of Passes should not have a deep draft in fresh water greater than Forty-Five feet (45 feet).

This draft recommendation, which may be increased or decreased at anytime as conditions warrant, becomes effective at 1000 hours CST on May 30,2018.

Nothing in the recommendation should be construed as limiting a pilot in the exercise of their judgment.