yes it is illegal you can be fined and spend 6 months behind bars
The Criminal Code of Canada is the regulation that prohibits boaters from tampering with navigational aids and marker buoys. Pleasure craft operators must be aware of this and other regulations as violations are taken seriously.
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the buoy is used to show boaters where the line is; there are usually several of them in a row that are spread out
White tubular buoy, orange diamond with black cross in it. Tells boaters to keep out.
White buoy's with orange markings and black lettering are a regulatory marker for boaters.
You display a Divers flag on the support vessel and/or use a surface marker with a flag on it. The international flag is the A or alpha flag, which is a blue and white pennant but in the US it is a red flag with a diagonal white stripe