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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector San Francisco, have issued a marine safety information bulletin, regarding temporary guidelines applying to all vessels 1600 GT or greater as follows: "Nothing in this guidance should preclude vessel masters, pilots, and operators from taking proactive measures to ensure the safety of their vessel at all times.

1. Vessels should make visibility reports as part of their sailing plan report to the VTS and at any point in their transit when visibility conditions change substantially and navigation safety allows the report to be made.
2. Vessels transiting the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (West of Yerba Buena Island) in any condition of reduced visibility should generally do so via the A-B or D-E span unless vessel traffic, environmental or other safety factors dictate otherwise.
3. Outbound/northbound vessels should not transit the San-Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (West of Yerba Buena Island) when visibility is less than 0.5 nautical mile.
4. Inbound vessels transiting the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in restricted visibility are advised to exercise extreme caution during their transit."