GUIDE TO PORT ENTRY

SURIGAO, including Nonoc Pier, Mindanao:

09 49' N. 125 29' E.

LOCATION: The port is located on the northernmost point of Mindanao.

CHARTS: BA Charts No. 957 and 3826.
PORT LIMITS: A vessel is considered an arrived ship 1mile NE of
lighthouse.
DOCUMENTS:
Coasting Manifests
Crew List
Passenger Manifest
Record of Vessels Boarded
Ship's Particulars
Statement of Facts
Statistical Supplement
Voyage Memo.
PILOTAGE: Compulsory
Surigao-Maasin-Bislig Harbor Pilots Association can be contacted
24hours before expected arrival of the vessel either by telegram or VHF
Radio Channel 16.
HARBOR PILOT BOARDING STATIONS
Latitude

Longitude

Foreign vessels

09 51 30 N

125 28 30 E

Domestic vessels

09 47 43 N

125 30 40 E

ANCHORAGES: Vessels can anchor in 30m. with sand bottom in a position

0.25miles east or SE of Surigao Light. Anchorages are exposed to NE monsoon.
RESTRICTIONS: It is not recommended to transit through Hinatuan Passage
for purposes of docking at Nonoc Pier at night, due to unpredictability of the
current.