Reference

Sea safety rules on Lebanon's coast

Boats, jet skis and swimmers

What is actually written down today, with sources you can open — and, kept clearly apart, the standards this campaign is asking Lebanon to adopt.

Existing law and international standards

Each entry below links to its published source. Where a number is the campaign's own rather than the source's, it is labelled as such.

Lateral marks — IALA Maritime Buoyage System (Region A)

Lebanon lies in IALA Region A: entering a channel from seaward, port-hand marks are red and starboard-hand marks are green. Every corridor gate in a plan must carry both.

IALA — Maritime Buoyage System (IALA-AISM)

What Safe Sea Lebanon proposes

These are campaign proposals, not current Lebanese law. Nothing on this page creates a legal obligation.

Near-shore speed
No more than 5 knots and no wake within 300 metres of the coastline, for powered craft of any size.
Marked swimming zones
Buoyed swimming water separated from a single marked boat corridor, so swimmers and propellers never share the same unmarked water.
Jet skis and personal watercraft
The proposed rules are propulsion-neutral: jet-drive craft with no exposed propeller are covered exactly like outboard motorboats.
Sightseeing zones
Inside swimmer-interaction zones such as Raouché, a stricter bare-steerage, no-wake limit where operationally feasible, with approach only through marked corridors.

Detailed rule pages

Where to go next

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