Reserved Areas and other provisions for specific Canterbury Lakes and Coastal Areas SUZ. Water-ski access zone, 5 knot speed restriction within 200m

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1 D Reserved Areas and other provisions for specific Canterbury Lakes and Coastal Areas Key Dangerous boating conditions Personal water craft Water-skiing Rowing Boat ramp Swimming Dangerous boating conditions 5 knot speed limit SUZ Lights Green marker buoy Yellow marker buoy Yachting marks Lights and piles Marker posts Ballast heap Intake Transit marks Access lane Jetty Sewer line Speed uplifted zone 5 knot speed restriction within 200m of the shore or any structure does not apply 1 Reserved Areas No boating No boating, swimming or diving Non-powered vessels only area Personal water craft only Swimming and paddle craft only 2 Rowing course Restricted area Wind/kite surfing Wildlife reserve Swing mooring area Water-ski access zone, 5 knot speed restriction within 200m of the shore or any structure does not apply 1 This map is not to be used for navigation and does not include all dangers. For further information please contact the Regional Harbourmaster. 1 Unless also noted as an SUZ, the 5 knot speed restriction within 50m of any person in the water still applies 2 Unless otherwise noted, this includes vessels propelled solely by oars of less than 12m in length 35

2 MAP 1 LYTTELTON HARBOUR/WHAKARAUPŌ MAP 2 TIMARU HARBOUR 36

3 MAP 3 AKAROA HARBOUR MAP 4 KAIKŌURA 37

4 MAP 5 MOTUNAU Motunau Harbour Speed Limits and Special Provisions (1) An Speed Uplifted Zone shall apply for all vessels in that area of Motunau River seaward of the downstream black and white banded marker posts. (2) An Speed Uplifted Zone shall apply for the navigation of commercial fishing vessels engaged in commercial fishing activities in the Motunau area pursuant to a license, or charter activities pursuant to a Maritime New Zealand document, seaward of the upstream black and white banded marker post. (3) No person in charge of any vessel without recent local knowledge (at least four separate occasions of arrival or departure within the last year) shall cross the Motunau River bar except during daylight hours and in good conditions of visibility, sea state and river flow (ie: not in flood). (4) The person in charge of an outbound vessel shall give way to any inbound vessel by waiting until the inbound vessel has cleared the channel before proceeding. (5) The person in charge of an outbound vessel shall not enter the channel if there is an inbound vessel over 6 metres in length in the channel or about to enter the channel. (6) Personal flotation devices must be worn by all persons in vessels navigating the channel to or from the open sea except where the vessels are operating in accordance with a Maritime Transport Operator Certificate or equivalent Maritime NZ certification. 38

5 MAP 6 LOWER WAIMAKARIRI AND BROOKLANDS LAGOON MAP 7 ESTUARY OF THE HEATHCOTE AND AVON RIVERS/IHUTAI 39

6 The Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers/Ihutai Reserved Areas The following Reserved Areas are provided for as shown on Map 7 Powered Craft Slow Speed Area (1) The person in charge of any powered craft shall not allow the craft to proceed at a speed greater than five knots in the Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai westward of a line extending Northwest from Shag Rock. (2) Subclause (1) shall not apply to the use of any rescue vessel when those vessels are used in training, patrol or rescue operations. Windsurfers, Kite Surfing, Sailboards and Non-Powered Craft Area (3) The area of the Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai that is westward of a line extending North from the western end of the Ferrymead Bridge is reserved for the use of windsurfers, kite surfing, sailboards and non-powered craft. (4) No person shall navigate a powered craft in the area reserved in subclause (3) except for rescue vessels when they are used in training, patrol or rescue operations. Swing Mooring Area (5) The area of Moncks Bay in the Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai within 100 metres of the shore from a point where an extension of the midline of Wakatu Avenue cuts the shoreline to Shag Rock, is reserved as a swing mooring area. Sumner Bay Reserved Area The following Reserved Areas are provided for as shown on Map 7 (1) The area of Sumner Bay within 400 metres of mean high water springs from Shag Rock to the Sumner Bay Breakwater on its eastern (shore) end and the area within 200 metres of mean high water springs on the eastern side of the South Brighton Spit are reserved areas for the use of swimmers, windsurfers, sailboarders, surfboarders, kitesurfers and vessels propelled solely by oars, paddles or sail. (2) No person shall navigate a powered craft in the reserved area specified in subclause (1) except where the vessel: (a) is being landed or launched from the Sumner Lifeboat Ramp or the immediately adjacent boat ramps or slipways and is propelled directly from or to the nearest point outside the reserved area; or (b) is being used to transit the Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai and is propelled directly from or to the nearest point outside the reserved area. (3) In the reserved area specified in subclause (1) powered craft shall not to exceed a speed of 5 knots or the minimum speed necessary to allow the vessel to make safe headway. (4) Subclauses (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply to the use of any rescue vessel when those vessels are used in training, patrol or rescue operations. 40

7 MAP 8 LAKE AVIEMORE/MAHI TIKUMU MAP 9 LAKE BENMORE/TE AO MARAMA (BENMORE DAM AREA) 41

8 MAP 10 LAKE BENMORE/TE AO MARAMA (HALDON ARM) MAP 11 LAKE BENMORE/TE AO MARAMA (MID-BENMORE, THE GORGE ) 42

9 MAP 12 LAKE BENMORE/TE AO MARAMA (SOUTH BENMORE) MAP 13 LAKE BENMORE/TE AO MARAMA (AHURIRI ARM) 43

10 MAP 14 LAKES CAMP/O TAU TATA AND CLEARWATER/PUNATAKA MAP 15 LAKE COLERIDGE/WHAKAMATAU 44

11 MAP 16 LAKE CRICHTON MAP 17 LAKE ELLESMERE/TE WAIHORA 45

12 MAP 18 LAKE HOOD MAP 19 HURUNUI LAKES (KATRINE, MASON, MARION, RAUPO POND) 46

13 MAP 20 LAKES LYNDON AND RUBICON MAP 21 NORTHBROOK WATERS 47

14 MAP 22 LAKE OHAU MAP 23 LAKE OPUHA 48

15 MAP 24 LAKE PUKAKI MAP 25 ROTO KOHATU 49

16 MAP 26 LAKE TEKAPO/TAKAPO MAP 27 TEKAPO LAKES (ALEXANDRINA, GEORGE SCOTT, AND MCGREGOR) 50

17 MAP 28 LAKE RUATANIWHA MAP 29 LAKE WAITAKI 51

18 Lake Ruataniwha (see Map 28) (a) The rowing course area is reserved for rowing skiffs and for vessels attending those skiffs. (b) No person shall navigate or launch a vessel other than a rowing skiff or a rowing support vessel within the area specified in subclause (a); except that a person navigating a vessel powered solely by oars or paddles may transit the Rowing Course provided that: (i) there are no rowing skiffs on the course; and (ii) the vessel is kept clear of buoys and cables marking the course and lanes within the course. Rowing Regatta Days (c) South Island Rowing Incorporated may specify up to 31 days in any calendar year as rowing regatta days. For a day to be a rowing regatta day subclauses (e) to (l) must be complied with. (d) Except where and when permitted by South Island Rowing Incorporated, no person shall navigate a powered craft on Lake Ruataniwha on any rowing regatta day. (e) Except for one period of up to nine consecutive days duration, no period of more than two consecutive days may be specified as rowing regatta days. (f) No rowing regatta days shall be specified on any New Zealand-wide national public holiday; or on any Saturday or Sunday of a New Zealand-wide national public holiday weekend, (i.e. where the immediately preceding Friday, or the immediately following Monday, is a New Zealand-wide national public holiday). (g) No rowing regatta days shall be specified in the period 16 December to 10 January. (h) Except as provided for by subclause (e), no more than eleven weekend periods comprising both a Saturday and a Sunday shall be specified as rowing regatta days in any calendar year, and rowing regatta days shall not be specified for two or more consecutive Saturdays or Sundays. (i) (j) A schedule of rowing regatta days for the each rowing season shall be submitted by South Island Rowing Incorporated to the Regional Harbourmaster for publication on the Environment Canterbury website, by 31 August each year. Signs advising of the regatta day and restriction on powered craft shall be placed by South Island Rowing Incorporated at prominent places around the lake at least 2 days prior to, and during any rowing regatta day. (k) South Island Rowing Incorporated may, without giving notice, cancel any rowing regatta day if weather conditions are not suitable for rowing, and substitute an additional consecutive day as a rowing regatta day. The additional substituted day shall not be a Saturday or a Sunday or a New Zealand-wide national public holiday. The additional substituted day shall be a rowing regatta day notwithstanding compliance or otherwise with the notice provisions. 52

19 MAP X ASHLEY RIVER/RAKAHURI LAGOON, INCLUDING SALTWATER CREEK MAP X PEGASUS LAKE 53