Nautical charts show all the features necessary for your safe navigation from here to there. To get that information, however, you must know how to read a chart. Several outstanding boating safety ...

As with most popular chartering destinations, sailing the San Juan Islands tests the navigation skills of a visiting sailor, while at the same time providing for a memorable getaway with family and ...

After a three-month trial period, PDF versions of NOAA nautical charts will become a permanent product, free to the public. The free PDFs, which are digital images of traditional nautical charts, are ...

TCart a has introduced a new line of Satellite Reconnaissance Charts designed to complement official marine navigation maps in shallow waters. These digital maps, derived from recently acquired ...

A team from NOAA was in Beaufort County charting the depths of Huspa Creek. For decades, the creek was blocked by a low ...

There’s an old saying you used to hear that states: “It’s not where you’re going, it’s how you get there.” With the speed and accuracy of today’s chart plotters, it seems like the “how” part of ...

Sectional charts are the most commonly used charts by pilots today and provide a wide range of valuable information. [Credit: CanvaPro] Sectional charts are essential, long-standing navigational aids ...

In November 2019, the Office of Coast Survey (OCS), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced the start of a five-year program to “sunset” all raster and paper ...

A stretch of water in Beaufort County that had long been left blank on federal navigation maps is now being officially charted for the first time, as crews with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...