White lights are typically found on white buoys, which are often used to mark navigational channels or indicate safe water areas. These buoys may also have additional colors or markings to provide specific information, but the primary color of the buoy is white. In some cases, white lights can also be on other colored buoys, depending on their purpose and marking system.
White lights can sometimes be found on mid channel buoys
White lights can sometimes be found on mid channel buoys
Regulatory Buoys.
Regulatory buoys can sometimes have white lights. This type of buoy alert operators of vessels of warnings and regulations in the area.
In the US, to my knowledge, the only regular aids to navigation to have white lights are Safe water buoys (Entrance buoys) & range boards. Private aids to navigation may have white lights also. More to follow.
Mid Channel bouys
White lights can sometimes be found on mid channel buoys
Red buoys have even numbers and red lights; green buoys have odd numbers and green lights.
They are normally white buoys with a horizontal blue stripe.
Buoys with white lights typically indicate navigational aids that mark safe passages or channels. They are often used alongside other colored lights to convey specific information to mariners. Common examples include lighted buoys in shipping lanes and buoys marking safe entry points to harbors. These white lights may also serve as additional markers for hazards or obstructions in the water.
In the United States, red buoys have red lights, and are even numbered. If the are unlit they are in the shape of a semi-cone and are called "nun" buoys. The day markers are red triangles.
Mooring buoys are white with a blue horizontal band.