red daymark
A navigational aid used in the United States and Canada to mark a channel. Red square daymarks should be kept on the right when returning from a larger to smaller body of water. Green daymarks mark the other side of the channel.
Red daymarks are triangular in shape and have even numbers. The numbers are in order with the lowest numbers at the entrance of a channel or harbor and the highest numbers located deep within Hampton harbor. The daymark on the right is red daymark #2.
Red Daymarkers are often used in shallow areas for the same purpose.
If the red marker has several pilings supporting it, it will be called a Dolphin.
7. Red Lighted buoys with lights will usually be found in deeper water.
A Nun Bouy marks the LEFT side of the channel leaving a harbor. It will be RED and have even numbers on it. Red daymarkers are oftern used in shallow areas for the same purpose.
At night they may have a green light. Green buoys should be kept on the left side when returning from a larger body of water to a smaller one. Nun buoys mark the other side of the channel. Also see green and red daymarks ...
 See also: Light, Chart, Navigation, Boat, Daymark
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