---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.565"
title: "33"
number: "149.565"
heading: "What are the required characteristics and intensity of lights on buoys used to define traffic lanes?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.565"
---

# §149.565. What are the required characteristics and intensity of lights on buoys used to define traffic lanes?

- (a) The buoy's light color that defines the lateral boundaries of a traffic lane must comply with the buoy color schemes in [§ 62.25](/cfr/33/62.25.md) of this chapter.
- (b) The buoy light may be fixed or flashing. If it is flashing, it must flash at intervals of not more than 6 seconds.
- (c) Buoy lights must have an effective intensity of at least 25 candela.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.