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Notice to Navigation: 2019-001 Canaveral and Okeechobee Lock Procedures

NOTICE TO NAVIGATION INTERESTS

Date: 0815/2025

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LOCAL NUMBER: 2025-019

JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT WATERWAY: Ortona Lock, Okeechobee Water Way

EFFECTIVE: 15 August 2025

ATTN: CESAJ-OD-SN

PO Box 4970

JACKSONVILLE, FL 32232-0019

POC: Kriss Zeller, Chief of Navigation (772) 380-6928

Attention all concerned boaters!

There is a 25 Foot Width Restriction at Ortona Lock until further notice.

REFERENCE:

a. 33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters

Notice to Navigation

Width Restriction Ortona Lock

2. For up-to-date Lock information, contact the shift operator 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at:

St Lucie Lock & Dam 772-287-2665 or 863-662-9148

Port Mayaca Lock & Dam 561-924-2858 or 863-662-9424

Julian Keen, Jr. Lock & Dam 863-946-0414 or 863-662-9533

Ortona Lock & Dam 863-675-0616 or 863- 662-9846

W.P. Franklin Lock & Dam 863-662-990
Canaveral Lock 321-783-5421 or 863-662-0298 (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

For daily updated lake and route depths please see our web site at: http://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml

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Okeechobee Waterway
(Fort Myers-Caloosahatchee River-Lake Okeechobee-St. Lucie Canal)

Northeast Florida
(Jacksonville/St. Augustine Area)

W.P. Franklin Lock 239-694-5451

Ortona Lock 863-675-0616

Moore Haven Lock 863-946-0414

Port Mayaca Lock 561-924-2858

St. Lucie Lock 772-287-2665

Canaveral Lock 321-783-5421