1. Download the plan data
Take the GeoJSON and the plan file below. They contain the swimming zone, no-wake band, jet-ski exclusion line and boat corridors as real coordinates.
Submission pack
Submit the zoning proposal to DGLMT
Everything needed to put the Raouché near-shore zoning plan in front of Lebanon's maritime regulator: the data, the cover note, the legal basis and the contacts.
This plan is a campaign proposal. It is not in force, and nothing on this page should be read as an existing navigation restriction.
How to submit
2. Attach the cover note
Copy the cover text below into your letter or email. It states plainly that the plan is a civic proposal for evaluation, not a claim of existing law.
3. Send it to the maritime regulator
Address it to the Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport (DGLMT). Published phone numbers and their source are listed below.
Plan data and legend
Proposed coastal zoning plan
Download the campaign's Raouché plan as data you can open in a GIS, attach to a submission, or hand to an authority. It is a proposal, not law.
- Legal basis: Decree 4810/1966 — the shore and the sea to the highest winter wave line are public maritime domain; public access and swimming are the baseline right.
- No published Lebanese text fixes a per-beach swimmer-protection distance. Every distance drawn here is a campaign proposal to the DGLMT, not existing law.
- Depth contours are not drawn: no public bathymetric survey covers this frontage. Import surveyed data before treating any line as a depth limit.
Legal basis notes
- Legal basis: Decree 4810/1966 — the shore and the sea to the highest winter wave line are public maritime domain; public access and swimming are the baseline right.
- No published Lebanese text fixes a per-beach swimmer-protection distance. Every distance drawn here is a campaign proposal to the DGLMT, not existing law.
- Depth contours are not drawn: no public bathymetric survey covers this frontage. Import surveyed data before treating any line as a depth limit.
Cover note
To: Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport (DGLMT) Subject: Civic proposal — near-shore zoning for swimmer safety at Raouché, Beirut Safe Sea Lebanon submits for your evaluation a near-shore zoning proposal covering the water off Raouché / Pigeon Rocks, Beirut. The proposal defines a buoyed swimming zone, a no-wake transit band, a jet-ski exclusion line and marked boat corridors with gate rules, provided as GeoJSON geometry so it can be opened directly in a GIS. This is a civic proposal for evaluation. It is not a statement of existing law and it does not assert any regulatory decision. Its legal reference point is the public-maritime-domain framework, including Decree 4810/1966. Attached: zoning plan (GeoJSON), plan summary and legend. Contact: safesealebanon.org/contact
Lebanese maritime contacts
Where to send this proposal
Published contact details for the bodies that can act on near-shore zoning. Each line carries the source we took it from. In an emergency call 112, 125 or 140 first.
Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport (DGLMT)
Regulator for vessel registration, licensing and navigation duties in Lebanese waters — the addressee for any near-shore zoning decision.
Ministry of Public Works and Transport — official contacts listMaritime Transport Division — DGLMT
Division handling maritime transport files inside the directorate.
Ministry of Public Works and Transport — official contacts listJoint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Beirut — Beirut Naval Base
Coordinates search and rescue in Lebanon's search-and-rescue region; inaugurated at Beirut Naval Base in October 2025.
Lebanese Army — inauguration of the JRCC at Beirut Naval BaseLebanese Navy — coastguard duty line
The Lebanese Navy is responsible for search and rescue in Lebanese waters.
Search and Rescue Contacts — Lebanon (IMO SAR contact directory mirror)