The Commissioners of Irish Lights hereby give notice that on or about Monday 17 August 2009, or as soon thereafter as circumstances permit, it is intended to permanently withdraw the Arklow LANBY (52° 39.548'N 05° 58.145'W) and replace it with a Superbuoy equipped with a light, Racon and AIS as described below. The Assigned Position of the new buoy will be approximately 8 cables to the NNW of the previous position of the Arklow Lanby and will be named South Arklow.

At the same time the present South Arklow Buoy (52° 40.812'N 05° 59.230'W) will be withdrawn.

South Arklow (Superbuoy)
New Position (WGS 84)	52°40.196' N 05°58.886' W
Structure	South Cardinal Superbuoy Yellow/Black
Topmark	2 Cones - points downwards
Character	Q(6)+ LFL 15 s 6(0.6+0.6)+ 2 + 5.8s = 15s
Range	7nm
Fog Signal	None
Racon	Morse "O"
AIS	MMSI 992501040 Message 21
Height	6.0m
Lighting Time	Hours of Darkness

©Crown Copyright and/or database rights. Reproduced by permission of the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk)

Radio Navigation Warnings will be issued when the above changes take place.