---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 84.04"
title: "33"
number: "84.04"
heading: "Details of location of direction-indicating lights for fishing vessels, dredgers and vessels engaged in underwater operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/84.04"
---

# §84.04. Details of location of direction-indicating lights for fishing vessels, dredgers and vessels engaged in underwater operations.

- (a) The light indicating the direction of the outlying gear from a vessel engaged in fishing as prescribed in [Rule 26(c)(ii)](/cfr/33/26.md?p=c-ii) ([§ 83.26(c)(ii)](/cfr/33/83.26.md?p=c-ii) of this chapter) shall be placed at a horizontal distance of not less than 2 meters and not more than 6 meters away from the two all-round red and white lights. This light shall be placed not higher than the all-round white light prescribed in [Rule 26(c)(i)](/cfr/33/26.md?p=c-i)([§ 83.26(c)(i)](/cfr/33/83.26.md?p=c-i) of this chapter) and not lower than the sidelights.
- (b) The lights and shapes on a vessel engaged in dredging or underwater operations to indicate the obstructed side and/or the side on which it is safe to pass, as prescribed in Rule [27(d)(i)](/cfr/33/27.md?p=d-i) and [(ii)](/cfr/33/27.md?p=d-ii)(§ [83.27(d)(i)](/cfr/33/83.27.md?p=d-i) and [(ii)](/cfr/33/83.27.md?p=d-ii) of this chapter), shall be placed at the maximum practical horizontal distance, but in no case less than 2 meters, from the lights or shapes prescribed in Rule [27(b)(i)](/cfr/33/27.md?p=b-i) and [(ii)](/cfr/33/27.md?p=b-ii)(§ [83.27(b)(i)](/cfr/33/83.27.md?p=b-i)and [(ii)](/cfr/33/83.27.md?p=b-ii) of this chapter). In no case shall the upper of these lights or shapes be at a greater height than the lower of the three lights or shapes prescribed in Rule [27(b)(i)](/cfr/33/27.md?p=b-i) and [(ii)](/cfr/33/27.md?p=b-ii) (§ [83.27(b)(i)](/cfr/33/83.27.md?p=b-i) and [(ii)](/cfr/33/83.27.md?p=b-ii) of this chapter).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 303, Pub. L. 108-293, 118 Stat. 1042 (33 U.S.C. 2071); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 37921, July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.