This restriction is effective roughly 12 hours prior to launch. Beginning the day before launch, a general exclusion zone will be in effect three miles offshore from the Haulover Canal, near the north end of KSC, and southward to Port Canaveral. Four hours prior to launch, all ocean-going traffic will be restricted from entering an area measured from five miles north and south of the launch pad and extending 30 miles east into the ocean. This area south of the Haulover Canal is off limits to all boats beginning the day before launch. Restrictions apply from the NASA Causeway north to the Haulover Canal and east of the Indian River's main channel.
Restrictions begin the day before launch.
All boating restrictions will be lifted approximately one hour after launch. The U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and KSC security forces share responsibility for enforcing the boating guidelines.