Rule 391-2-4-.03 - Sound/Beach Boundaries(1) Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to implement the authority of the Board of Natural Resources to promulgate rules and regulations to regulate the places wildlife can be taken. (O.C.G.A. 27-4-12).(2)Designations of Sound/Beach Boundaries. Sound/Beach boundaries consist of an imaginary line running through coordinates generally located on the southern tip of a barrier island to the northern tip of the next barrier island immediately south. (a) Estelle Sound (Savannah River). The boundary is from the point located at 32° 02' 04.5" N. Lat./ 80° 51' 03.8" W. Long. at the easternmost end of the south jetty of the Savannah River Entrance to the point located at 32° 01' 48" N. Lat./ 80° 51' 09" W. Long. at the northern tip of Tybee Island.(b) Wassaw Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 56' 38" N. Lat./80° 55' 45" W. Long. on the southern tip of Little Tybee Island to the point located at 31° 54' 37.5" N. Lat./ 80° 56' 09.5" W. Long., directly in front of the large concrete bunker on the northern tip of Wassaw Island.(c) Ossabaw Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 51' 27" N. Lat./81° 00' 00" W. Long. on the southern tip of Wassaw Island to the point located at 31° 49' 02" N. Lat./81° 02' 17" W. Long. on the northern tip of Ossabaw Island.(d) St. Catherines Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 43' 17" N. Lat./81° 8' 13" W. Long. on the southern tip of Ossabaw Island to the point located at 31° 41' 55" N. Lat./81° 8' 23" W. Long. on the northern tip of St. Catherines Island.(e) Sapelo Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 33' 20" N. Lat./81°10' 35" W. Long on the southern tip of St. Catherines Island to the point located 31°31' 50" N. Lat./81° 11' 13" W. Long. on the northern tip of Black Beard Island.(f) Doboy Sound and Altamaha Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 22' 55" N. Lat./81° 16' 25" W. Long. on the southern tip of Sapelo Is land to the point located at 31° 21' 50.48" N. Lat./81° 17' 36.63" W. Long. on the northern tip of Wolf Is land then turning south to a point located at 31° 19' 34.12" N. Lat./81° 17' 18.20" W. Long. on the southern tip of Wolf Is land, finally turning southwest to a point located at 31° 17' 21" N. Lat./81° 17' 57"near the northeastern tip of Little St. Simons Island.(h) Hampton River. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 13' 5" N. Lat./81° 18' 7" W. Long. on the southern tip of Little St. Simons Island to the point located at 31° 12' 48" N. Lat./81° 18' 38" W. Long. on the northeastern tip of Sea Island.(i) St.03 Simons Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 08' 01" N. Lat./ 81° 23' 37" W. Long. at the base of the lighthouse on the southern tip of St. Simons Island to the point located at 31° 7' 12" N. Lat./81° 24' 35" W. Long. on the northern tip of Jekyll Island.(j) St. Andrew Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 31° 0' 55" N. Lat./81° 25' 48" W. Long. on the southern tip of Jekyll Island to the point located at 30° 58' 38" N. Lat./81° 24' 49" W. Long. on the northern tip of Little Cumber land Is land.(k) Cumber land Sound. The boundary is from the point located at 30° 42' 52" N. Lat./81° 27' 10" W. Long. on the southern tip of Cumberland Island to the point located at 30° 42' 21" N. Lat./ 81° 27' 15" W. Long. at the northern most point of Fort Clinch.(3) All ocean facing inlets and creeks on the eastern side of barrier islands such as, but not limited to Tybee and Little Tybee Creek, McQueen's Inlet on St. Catherine's Island, Cabretta Inlet/Blackbeard Creek on Sapelo Island, Beacon Creek on Wolf Island, Gould's Inlet on St. Simons Island, and Christmas Creek on Cumberland Island, shall be considered sounds for the purposes of delineating sound/beach boundaries.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-2-4-.03
O.C.G.A. Title 12, Sec. 27-1-4.
Original Rule entitled "Sound/Beach Boundaries" adopted. F. Aug. 15, 1980; eff. Sept. 4, 1980.Amended: F. Oct. 23, 1986; eff. Nov. 12, 1986.Amended: ER. 391-2-4-0.29-.03 adopted. F. and eff. May 24, 1995, the date of adoption.Amended: Permanent Rule adopted. F. Aug. 24, 1995; eff. Sept. 13, 1995.Amended: F. Dec. 13, 2013; eff. Jan. 2, 2014.