{"id":20901,"date":"2025-07-20T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/?p=20901"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:52:29","slug":"difference-between-a-buoy-and-a-beacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/blog\/diferencia-entre-una-boya-y-una-baliza\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between a buoy and a beacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20901\" class=\"elementor elementor-20901\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5670915d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5670915d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625b0ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"625b0ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>When starting to navigate, one of the first essential aspects that every navigator must understand is the maritime signal system. These <strong>signs <\/strong>not only help to <strong>keep <\/strong>the <strong>safety at sea<\/strong>, but also <strong>They guide vessels, indicate dangers,<\/strong> <strong>delimit navigation channels and more.<\/strong> Within these signs, two of the most common\u2014and often confused\u2014are: <strong>buoys <\/strong>and the <strong>beacons<\/strong>. Although they may seem <strong>similar <\/strong>At first glance, they have <strong>functions <\/strong>and <strong>different characteristics <\/strong>that is worth knowing in detail. Below in <a href=\"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/\">Anclademia<\/a>, we explain it to you in a clear and simple way <strong>What is the difference between a buoy and a beacon?<\/strong> and <strong>how to interpret them correctly during navigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Difference between a buoy and a beacon\" class=\"read-more content-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/blog\/diferencia-entre-una-boya-y-una-baliza\/#more-20901\" aria-label=\"Read more about the difference between a buoy and a beacon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When starting out in navigation, one of the first essential aspects every sailor must understand is the maritime signal system. These signals not only help maintain safety at sea, but also guide vessels, indicate hazards, delimit navigation channels, and more. Among these signals, two of the most important are\u2026 <a title=\"Difference between a buoy and a beacon\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/blog\/diferencia-entre-una-boya-y-una-baliza\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about the difference between a buoy and a beacon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-navegacion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/boya.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20901"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20907,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20901\/revisions\/20907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anclademia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}