mooring buoy
A white buoy with a blue horizontal band indicates a mooring buoy. In many states, this is the only type of buoy to which a vessel may be tied legally.
This is a mooring buoy or mooring ball. They are used in either a public or private capacity to moor your vessel to. In a way it acts as an anchor for your vessel. Instead of dropping an anchor though, you simply pull up to the buoy and slip on a line (rope) and make fast. It also the ONLY acceptable buoy you may do this to.
White buoy's with orange markings and black lettering are a regulatory marker for boaters.
morring buey
morring buey
White lights are found on usually indicate mid-channels or fairways. These buoys will usually have red and white vertical stripes.
Vertical white with an orange diamond, and orange bands above and below the diamond,
Regulatory buoys can sometimes have white lights. This type of buoy alert operators of vessels of warnings and regulations in the area.
type IV
Type IV
Blue bird
Gentoo Penguin