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This document provides a list of free nautical charts and online publications /
Ce document fournit une liste de cartes marines gratuites et d'ouvrages nautiques en ligne.

For navigation use only updated regulatory documents /
Pour la navigation n'utiliser que des documents réglementaires à jour.

GPS is more accurate than nautical charts /
Un GPS est plus précis qu'un carte marine

Web Servers / Serveurs Web

You can use the nearest or faster server / Vous pouvez utiliser le serveur le plus proche ou le plus rapide :

• US mirror on one page / Serveur au États-Unis sur une page : https://sites.google.com/site/nauticalfree/
• French mirror with one page by section / Serveur en France avec une page par section : http://nauticalfree.free.fr
• French mirror on one page / Serveur en France sur une page : http://nauticalfree.free.fr/onepage.html

Caption / Légende

• The nautical books are in standard fonts / Les ouvrages sont en caractères droits
  
• In Italic the maps and the charts / Les cartes sont en italiques
  
• The last item for an organization is the Notices to Mariners. The first issue of each year is often a special publication /
  La dernier item pour un service hydrographique est un lien vers les avis au navigateurs. Le premier numéro de chaque année est souvent un numéro spécial

Raster Navigational Charts (RNC)

Bitmap electronic images of paper charts that conform to IHO standard S-61 /
Carte marine matricielle, fac-similé numérique d'une carte papier (scan) conforme à la norme de l'OHI S-61

Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC)

Vector charts that conform to IHO standard S-57 /
Carte électronique de navigation, carte vectorielle conforme à la norme de l'OHI S-57

•   Argentina / Argentine  
•   Australia / Australie  

I - List by countries and organizations / Liste par pays et organismes

• Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (SHN)
  • Catálogos

    Publicaciones náuticas y técnicas - Catálogos de cartas náuticas - Buscador de cartas

  • Sistema de Balizamiento Marítimo y otras Ayudas a la Navegación

    Índice : Antecedentes históricos - Principios generales del sistema - Reglas - Mapa de las regiones A y B. Se podrá bajar gratuitamente en formato PDF completando un formulario.

  • Lista de Faros Argentinos

    Según la definición del Diccionario del Bureau Hidrográfico Internacional, faro es "una estructura distintiva sobre una costa o alejada de la misma que presenta una luz principal destinada a servir de ayuda a la navegación". Más precisamente, una construcción costera que posee una señal luminosa característica cuya función es orientar al navegante. En este sitio se actualizan las características nocturna y diurna de los faros permanentemente ya que afectan la Seguridad Náutica. No obstante, los navegantes deberán consultar las publicaciones reglamentarias Faros y Señales Marítimas, los Avisos a los Navegantes y Radioavisos Náuticos respecto a este tema.

  • Tablas de Marea

    En las Tablas de Marea se publican las horas y alturas de pleamares y bajamares para los puertos de la República Argentina y algunos de Uruguay. Predicciones diarias de las horas y alturas de las pleamares y bajamares. Datos en HTML.

  • Tablas de Predicción de la Corriente de Marea

    La información brindada corresponde a los instantes predichos de ocurrencia de la estoa y de la máxima corriente. Para este último caso se da asimismo la intensidad de la corriente expresada en nudos (1 nudo = 1 milla náutica/hora) y la dirección en grados respecto al norte geográfico y con sentido hacia el este. Debe aclararse que la predicción incluye la corriente permanente, no así el efecto meteorológico sobre la corriente de marea.

  • Tablas de Marea para la Antártida

    Aquí se presentan las horas y alturas de las pleamares y bajamares para 19 puertos de la zona antártica. Las horas están referidas al huso horario +3 al Oeste del meridiano de Greenwich. La predicción de cada puerto comprende el período octubre de 2016 a diciembre de 2017. Datos en PDF.

  • Información General sobre Hielos en la Antártida

    Nomenclatura de la OMM del Hielo Marino: Terminología del hielo ordenada alfabéticamente y Terminología del hielo ordenada por conceptos - Código del óvalo (Huevo): sistema de la simbología del hielo marino de la OMM - Hielo flotante en el mar: mural con compendio de identificación, nomencaltura y códigos en uso - Gruñones (growlers): trozos de hielo pequeños y duros más peligrosos para los buques.

  • Situación Glaciológica en la Antártida

    Parte Glaciológico - Seguimiento de Témpanos mayores a 10 MN - Borde de Hielo Marino - Cartas de Hielo (Pasaje Drake, Islas Orcadas del Sur y adyacencias, Mar de la Flota e islas Shetland del Sur, Canales hasta Isla Belgrano, Bellingshausen y Bahía Margarita, Estrecho Antarctic y Golfo Erebus y Terror, Weddell general, Weddell NW, Weddell Sur) - Observaciones Glaciológicas (Ice observations in Spanish and English).

  • Suplemento al Almanaque Náutico y Aeronáutico (H-225)

    Sol, planetas y estrellas. Esta efemérides astronómica fue calculada, redactada y compaginada en la División Astronomía del Observatorio Naval Buenos Aires. Se incluyen en ella datos necesarios para determinar la posición geográfica mediante observaciones astronómicas, como así también tablas de transformaciones, correcciones y equivalencias aplicables a diversos cálculos. Contiene las posiciones aparentes de 324 estrellas fundamentales brillantes, sin incluir en ellas los términos de corto período de la nutación (inferiores a 35 días). Se podrá bajar gratuitamente en formato PDF completando un formulario.

  • Efemérides

    Este programa provee: Salida, puesta, crepúsculo civil, náutico y astronómico del Sol, salida y puesta de la Luna y de planetas para cualquier punto de longitud conocida y para latitudes de hasta ±80° - Además calcula otros datos astronómicos como ser, ángulo horario y declinación, azimut y altura, refracción, paralaje horizontal, paso por el meridiano, etc., para Planetas, Sol y Luna. Fases de la Luna e información técnica. Tiempo de Sidéreo local y ángulo horario de Aries - Permite calcular hasta 365 datos, guardarlos en un archivo e imprimirlos (Windows).

  • Pronóstico Numérico de Olas (SMN)

    La altura significativa se infiere en el modelo a partir de la energía total de las olas. Se asemeja a la altura característica que un observador experimentado estima visualmente en un campo de olas y es la medida representativa del campo más utilizada. Sin embargo, se debe destacar que las olas individuales pueden exceder la altura significativa (idealmente algo más del 13 % de las olas) y aun en condiciones normales, alguna ola individual podría duplicar esta altura. La dirección del pico es la dirección media en las frecuencias que contienen la máxima energía y es cercana, en general, a la dirección del máximo. El período del pico de energía o período dominante es el correspondiente a las frecuencias que contienen la máxima energía. Todas las alturas se expresan en metros. Oceanos Australes: Altura significativa - Oceano Atlántico: Altura significativa y también Altura de olas de mar de viento.

  Pronóstico Numérico de Olas sobre los Oceanos Australes para Mañana - Alturas en metros

  • Radioavisos náuticos / Radionavigational Warnings

    Este Sitio se actualiza permanentemente con los acontecimientos que afectan a la seguridad náutica, no obstante se recomienda a los navegantes utilizar la difusión de los radioavisos náuticos a través de los diferentes canales de comunicación radial o satelital. Índice : Generalidades - Navarea VI - Costeros - Locales Río de la Plata - Locales Ríos.

  • Folleto de Avisos a los Navegantes

    El Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (SHN) presta el Servicio Público de Seguridad Náutica, entre otras actividades, editando desde 1918, la Publicación H-216 "Folleto de Avisos a los Navegantes". En la Sección I contiene los avisos a los navegantes con las modificaciones a ser incorporadas por los mismos en todas las versiones (soportes) de las Cartas Náuticas (Papel, Raster - BSB y Electrónicas de Navegación ENC / S-57), Croquis de los Ríos, Derroteros Náuticos, Listas de Faros y Señales Marítimas, Radioayudas para la Navegación y demás publicaciones náuticas editadas por este servicio. Desde el 1° de enero de 2008 su frecuencia es mensual (Más informaciónes).

• Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS)
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
• Australian state and territory marine authorities
• Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)
  • Space Weather Services (SWS)
• Australian Maritime College (AMC)
• Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)

• Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS)
  • Products: Australian Charts and Publications
    • Tidal & Nautical Publications
    • Interactive Australian Chart Index: map with paper charts (include NTM) and ENC
    • Index of Australian Paper Charts and Index of Oceanic Plotting Sheets
    • AusENC Pack Index
    • Pricing for Navigational Products and Distribution Agents

  • Australian Chart and Publication Maintenance Handbook (AHP24)

    The Australian Chart and Publication Maintenance Handbook providesinformation to assist mariners to keep paper and electronic nautical charts and publications up to date, as well as to keep appropriate maintenance records. By using this book, mariners should be able to meet their obligations under both national and international maritime legislation and the more specific inspection requirements imposed by safety and regulatory authorities.

  • Chart Smart Guides - What You Need to Know When Navigating

    Guide to Updating Nautical Charts - Unofficial Charts and Plotters - GPS Receivers and Chart Datums - Accuracy and Reliability of Charts - Understanding Chart Symbology - Correcting Australian Paper Charts - Electronic Navigation Charts - Electronic Charting Information.

  • Accuracy and Reliability of Charts and ENC's

    How accurate are nautical charts? How much faith can be placed in them? Unfortunately, the answer is quite complex - far more complex than simply saying one chart is accurate whilst another is not. The attached guide on Accuracy and Reliability of Charts contains both explanations and examples intended to assist mariners in vessels of all sizes to determine how much confidence they should place in charts.

  • Symbology Used Only on Australian Navigational Charts

    Contains symbology which has not been adopted in the International Hydrographic Organisation INT 1 (symbols & abbreviations) publications for use in Australian Navigational Charts.

  • Facts about Electronic Charts and Carriage Requirements

    Written in an easy to read “question and answer” style, this publication answers over twenty of the most commonly asked questions about electronic charts (ENCs and RNCs) and their use in ECDIS and ECS. Its main emphasis is on what types of chart data and types of equipment can be used to satisfy the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) carriage requirements for charts.

  • Use of Electronic Charts in Australian Waters Explained

    The electronic chart carriage rules and regulations in Australian waters. For a comprehensive overview about electronic charts (ENC and RNC), electronic charting systems (ECDIS and ECS) and electronic chart carriage requirements under the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), we recommend you read this page.

  • Quick Guide to ENC Symbols

    This quick reference guide is to help you recognise some of the lesser known ENC symbols.

  • Australian ENC Sample Cell

    Cartes marines vectorielles téléchargables / Electronic Navigational Charts for upload (ENC).
    Ne pas utilisez pour la navigation / Not for navigational use
    A free unprotected ENC data cell, covering an area of the Torres Strait including Varzin Passage is available below for download and evaluation. This ENC cell is for evaluation purposes only and is not to be used for naviation.

    Australia: Current Tropical Cyclones (BOM)

  • Tidal Glossary

    Terms that are often used in Tidal Science.

  • Compute Sunrise, Transit, Sunset and Twilight Times

    The transit time of a celestial body refers to the instant that its center crosses an imaginary line in the sky - the observer's meridian. It's represents the time at which the body is highest in the sky on any given day: the transit of the Sun is local solar (sundial) noon. At the twilight time in the absence of moonlight, artificial lighting or adverse atmospheric conditions, the illumination is such that large objects may be seen but no detail is discernible. The brightest stars and planets can be seen and for navigation purposes at sea, the sea horizon is clearly defined. More definitions (Geoscience Australia).

  • Maritime Gazetteer of Australia

    The Maritime Gazetteer of Australia (MGA) is a searchable database containing all the place names used in Australia's official navigational charts.

  • Annual Australian Notices to Mariners

    This product contains information relatif to various aspects of navigation in australian waters. It is produced annually.

  • Australian Notices to Mariners (NTMs)

    Australian Notices to Mariners are produced fortnightly to inform mariners of amendments of navigational significance to their chart portfolios. Notices to Mariners, tracings, blocks and other supplements are available in PDF format (More informations).

  
  

• Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
  • Marine Orders

    Marine Orders are a form of delegated legislation under Australia’s Commonwealth laws. Marine Orders are regularly amended, in response to changes in international law, industry requirements, and technological developments. They provide an efficient means of implementing Australia‘s international maritime obligations by giving effect to international conventions in Australian law. For more information see the fact sheet about Marine Order.

  • Marine Notices

    Marine Notices provide information to the shipping and broader maritime community on a range of important issues. While Marine Notices have no legal standing, they provide important safety related information, general guidance or details about forthcoming changes to legislation. See also: Pilot Advisory Notices.

    National Standard for Commercial Vessels

    The National standard for commercial vessels is being progressively introduced to replace the Uniform Shipping Laws Code (USL Code).

    • Leisure Craft (F2)
    • Safety Equipment (C7A)
    • Communications Equipment (C7B)  -  Navigation Equipment (C7C)
    • ...

  • List of Registered Ships

    Searching for a registered ship on the General and International registers. You can download a list of all ships on the General and International Shipping Registers or you can use the search option to search for a specific vessel. See also: Search for Australian MMSI number.

  • Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service (REEFVTS)

    REEFVTS is a coastal Vessel Traffic Service which has been put in place by the Australian and Queensland Governments to improve safety and efficiency of vessel traffic and to protect the environment. The REEFVTS User Guide will help masters of ships to give REEFVTS the correct ship reports and to benefit from the services provided by REEFVTS. It describes the requirements for ships entering and transiting through the REEFVTS Area, including the mandatory reporting procedures, recommended shipping routes and compulsory pilotage areas. It describes also the vessel traffic services provided by REEFVTS.

  • Tide Tables for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef (2017)

    Tide tables with hourly predictions, high and low waters predictions, tidal Stream predictions for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef. Predicted heights are expressed in metres. Times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10).

  • Quick guide - Navigation through the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait

    The safety of shipping depends on all parties having detailed knowledge of, and complying with, regulatory and other obligations and duties imposed on them. This quick guide highlights key obligations of shipmasters transiting through the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, but does not contain all regulatory and other obligations and duties of vessel owners/operators, masters and crew.

  • Guide for Seafarers on Ships Sailing in Australian Waters

    This Guide will facilitate and assist all Seafarers transiting Australian waters, in their effective cooperation with AMSA for the promotion of the common goal of safe navigation and pollution prevention, especially in the sensitive marine areas of this vast continent (AUSMEPA, 2013).

  • Queensland Coastal Passage Plan (QCPP)

     

    The Queensland Coastal Passage Plan (QCPP) is a document which seeks to improve pre?pilotage communications between coastal pilotage providers, the ships they service and the pilots embarked within these ships. The QCPP improves the readiness of ships transiting coastal pilotage areas within the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait by ensuring that voyage plans, waypoints and other planning considerations have been completed in a standardised manner.

     

  • MASTREP and Australian Mandatory Reporting Guides

    The Modernised Australian Ship Tracking and Reporting System (MASTREP) is a Ship Reporting System designed to contribute to safety of life at sea and is operated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) through the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) Australia in Canberra. Participation in MASTREP is mandatory for certain vessels but others are encouraged to participate. Effective 1 July 2013.

  • Frequently Asked Questions on ECDIS

    AMSA has developed answers to a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS). It provides additional information on regulatory, charting, software and training related issues pertaining to the carriage and use of ECDIS.

  • Fact Sheets about Navigation

    This area provides fact sheets about navigation including: Automatic Identification System (AIS), class A and B - Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) - Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT).

  • Wind & waves: effect of waves at sea

    Modern well-designed small craft are highly seaworthy. However wind and waves have a major bearing on performance and, in extreme conditions, can present a considerable threat. This pamphlet aims to assist the small craft operator to assess the effect of waves at sea.

  • National Search and Rescue Manual

    The National Search and Rescue Manual is the standard reference document for use by all Australian Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities. The National SAR Manual meets the requirements of international conventions for an Australian Search and Rescue Plan, and includes material covering: Abbreviations, terminology and definitions relevant to SAR practitioners - The elements and functions of the Australian SAR system - Details of communications, assets and procedures for coordination - SAR planning and techniques including worksheets. The Manual is a body of guidance rather than an operational straitjacket.

  • Distress Beacon and MMSI Information

    Frequently asked questions about distress beacon (EPIRB, PLB & ELT) and Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI). See also information about MEOSAR.

  • Maritime Mobile Services Identities (MMSI) for DSC and AIS

    Frequently Asked Questions about Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) for Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and for Automatic Identification System (AIS).

  • Australian Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Handbook

    The Australian GMDSS Training and Operations Manual. This Handbook has been produced by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), and is intended for use on ships that are: 1) Compulsorily equipped with GMDSS radiocommunication installations in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 (SOLAS) and Commonwealth or State Government marine legislation; or 2) Voluntarily equipped with GMDSS radiocommunication installations. It is the recommended textbook for candidates wishing to qualify for the Australian GMDSS General Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.

  • Online Maritime Safety Information (MSI)

    The latest Australian MSI online : Safety Messages - NAVAREA X warnings - Coastal warnings - Summary of Mobile Drilling Rigs - Special Purpose Vessels.

  
  

• Australian state and territory marine authorities
  • New South Wales Maritime Services (NSW, Sydney)
  • Northern Territory Department of Transport - Marine Safety Branch (NT, Darwin)
  • Maritime Safety Queensland (QLD, Brisbane)
  • Boating and marine South Australia (SA, Adelaide)
  • MAST: Marine and Safety Tasmania (TAS, Hobart)
  • Marine Safety Victoria (VIC, Melbourne)
  • Western Australia Department of Transport (WA, Perth)
  • New South Wales Maritime Services (NSW, Sydney)
    • Boating Handbook: to understand the basic rules for safe and responsible boating (PDF & eBook formats)
    • Boating Maps: regional and coastal pdf maps, not for navigational purposes
    • Hydrographic Plans: Batemans Bay Bar, Clarence River ands Swansea Channel
    • Sydney Harbour Boating Destinations Maps: facilities for recreational boaters
    • Sydney Harbour Master's Directions: for Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay
    • Navigation in Sydney Cove: map with incoming and outgoing areas
    • Sydney Harbour Superyacht Guidelines: for recreational vessels with an LOA of 30m or more (pdf file)
    • Map of wharves in Sydney Harbour: for commercial vessels
    • Maritime boat ramp locator: interactive map
    • Mooring Maps: Sydney, Pittwater, Brisbane...
    • Tide tables: for Sydney with time variations for NSW Ports and Rivers (PDF & eBook formats)
    • Wave sizes/boat size: and boating conditions
    • NSW Marine VHF Repeater Maps (html)
    • NSW Marine VHF Repeater Maps (pdf)
    • Radio Network Services: VHF, HF and 27 MHz
    • Night safety: the dangers of boating at night time
    • Marine Notices: check it before you go boating

  • Northern Territory Department of Transport - Boating, fishing and marine (NT, Darwin)
    
    • Safety guide for for recreational boating: pleasure craft (pdf)
    • Tidal predictions: for Northern Territory ports
    • Find a boat ramp: includes an interactive maps
    • Northern Territory Marine Communications: Coast Radio Darwin (VKD999) - VHF, MF & HF - Distress, weather, MSI & working frequencies
    • Marine Safety Information: HF stations
    • Port of Darwin VHF Radio Frequencies
    • Wharves and moorings in Frances Bay, Darwin
    • Port of Darwin Handbook
    • Notice to mariners: Coastal Notices & Port of Darwin Local Notices

  • Maritime Safety Queensland (QLD, Brisbane)
    • Queensland Recreational Boating and Fishing Guide: guide to maritime safety rules
    • BoatSafe Workbook: to prepare the BoatSafe course
    • Commercial and Fishing Ships Operational Handbook: learning aid for new crew members
    • Buoys, marks and beacons: information on different navigation marks and their meanings
    • Queensland Tide Tables: standard port tide times
    • Marine communications fact sheet: equipment, operating procedures
    • Coastal distress marine radio network: FAQ and coverage areas
    • Ship navigation area warning: chartlet with recommended small craft course
    • Gold Coast superyacht guidelines: for masters in the Southport pilotage area
    • Boating facility locations: listed by district and local government area
    • Boating maps - Beacon to Beacon Guides: maps from the southern Gold Coast to Keppel Bay and Rockhampton, intended for recreational boating, should be used as a guide for navigation
             

    • How to use the Beacon to Beacon Guides: including a legend
    • REEFVTS User Guide: Great Barrier Reef & Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service
    • Pilotage areas: maps with description of the pilotage areas
    • Passage plans for Queensland ports: pilotage plans and procedures
    • Port procedures manuals: information and guidelines to assist masters
    • Port of Brisbane Shipping Handbook: detailed information about facilities and services
    • Boating safety in Gladstone: safety information for recreational vessels
    • Port of Gladstone Information Handbook: detailed overview of the port’s facilities and service
    • Special rules that apply in Gladstone Harbour: standard for marine construction activities within Gladstone harbour
    • Marine Information Bulletins: important safety issues or regulatory requirements
    • Notices to Mariners: marine safety information, charts corrections

  • Boating and marine South Australia (SA, Adelaide)
    • South Australian Recreational Boating Safety Handbook: for the leisure and pleasure boatie
    • Port rules: about Port Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie...
    • Boat ramp interactive map: with launching conditions
    • Jetty locations interactive map
    • VHF marine radio coverage: channel, location and predicted coverage
    • Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) Coastal Radio Network: locations, time, 27MHz, VHF and HF frequencies (pdf file)
    • High frequency safety communications: HF distress frequencies for Charleville Radio and Wiluna Radio
    • Navigation warnings: schedules and frequencies for Radio Adelaide, Radio Melbourne and Radio Perth
    • Weather schedule broadcasts: schedules and frequencies for Charleville Radio (VMC) and Wiluna Radio (VMW)
    • Notices to mariners: South Australian waters including the River Murray.

  • MAST: Marine and Safety Tasmania (TAS, Hobart)
    • Safe Boating Handbook: comprehensive boating safety information and Tasmania’s boating rules (view online)
    • Port Information: Bell Bay, Burnie, Devonport, Hobart
    • Marine facilities: boat ramps, jetties & wharves, marinas, public cruising moorings
    • Cruising Tasmania: information for recreational vessels
    • VHF radio in Tasmania: guide to operating a VHF marine radio
    • Marine VHF Repeater Network: map with repeaters and channels
    • Marine Radio Network Tasmania: map with VHF and HF stations (also on pdf)
    • HF Marine Communications in Tasmania: MSI broadcasts
    • Tas Maritime Radio (TMR):  MSI Schedules and Frequencies  -  Daily Schedules (also on pdf)
    • Notices to mariners

  • Marine Safety Victoria (VIC, Melbourne)
    
    • Skipper's Manual: advice on trip preparation, safe operation and emergency procedures.
    • Recreational Boating Safety Handbook: guidance and safety information
    • Waterway maps: operating rules of Victoria's waterways, interactive and printable maps, not to sbe used for navigational purposes
    • Boating Guides for Gippsland area: Anderson Inlet - Gippsland Lakes - Lake Tyers - Mallacoota
    • Waterways Online for Gippsland area: Web maps include Vessel Operating and Zoning Regulations, aids to navigations, berth and mooring location...
    • Boating Facilities for Gippsland area: Anderson Inlet - Corner Inlet and Port Albert - Gippsland Lakes - Mallacoota - Snowy River (Marlo) - Lake Tyers - Shallow Inlet
    • Notice to Mariners & Warnings for Gippsland area: Local Navigation Warnings (LNW’s)
    • Guide to Vessel Operating and Zoning Rules (VOZR): rules for all waterways in Victoria
    • Buoyage system: buoys, piles and beacons, also pdf sticker
    • Melbourne: Harbour Master's Directions & Port Information Guide
    • VRCA Port Operating Handbook: Victorian Regional Channels Authority
    • Port Waters of Geelong Operating Handbook: including Harbour Masters Directionss
    • Marine weather forecast: Internet, radio & telephone
    • Marine radio: 27MHz, VHF & HF
    • Internationally recognised distress signals
    • Online Publications and forms: factsheet, guideline, map, notice...
    • Notices to mariners

  • Western Australia Department of Transport (WA, Perth)
    • Recreational Skipper’s Ticket Workbook: all the material that you will need to know to gain an RST, with quizzes
    • Download nautical charts and chart corrections: Lake Argyle, Exmouth to Coral Bay, Carnarvon to Shoal Point, Gregory to Perth, Cape Peron to Albany, Bremer Bay to Esperance
    • Boating guides: harbours information with maps
    • Boating facilities: boating and marine facilities available in Western Australia
    • Annual tide predictions: various locations along Western Australia's coasts
    • Wave data for coastal location: near-real time wave data
    • Markers, buoys and beacons reference: printable
    • International system of buoys: IALA buoyage
    • Boating Rules at a Glance: Safety guidelines
    • Marine safety equipment: Marine Radios - Distress beacon - Lifejackets - Flares - Navigation lights
                                              Don't expire - Required Safety Equipment - List of Marine Safety booklet
    • Log On Log Off sticker: printable version
      

    • Fremantle local weather observations: live wave and curent data
    • Fremantle Port Information Guide: guide for masters of seagoing vessels
    • Navigating Fremantle Waterways Guidelines: for recreational vessels
    • Geographical limits of smooth waters: D & E areas for commercial vessels
    • What to do in an emergency: emergency situations, incident reporting...
    • Cyclone contingency plans: Carnarvon, Coral Bay, Denham, Exmouth, Onslow (Beadon Creek), Point Samson (Johns Creek)
    • Marine forms and publications: from A to Z and by topic
    • Notices to mariners and navigational warnings

  
  

• Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)
  • Marine weather knowledge centre

    The Marine Weather Knowledge Centre provides information about the services the Bureau provides for mariners. These services include forecasts, warnings and observations for the coastal waters and high seas around Australia. See also in PDF : Marine Services Ready Reckoner.

    

  • Tide Predictions for Australia, South Pacific and Antarctica

    It's possible to choose the place with a map or with a locations list. Also tidal streams for The Rip and Hammond Rock. Also the previous tide prediction web pages. By the National Tidal Centre (NIC).

  • NTC Tidal Glossary

    NTC glossary of tidal terminology with an emphasis on Australian terms. See also the Tidal Glossary by the AHS.

  • Australian Tides Manual (SP9)

    The Australian Tides Manual (SP9) brings together in a single, user-friendly form, a large number of existing sources of information on the measurement of tides and tidal currents (By the PCTMLS). Table of Contents: Basic Theory, Tidal Terminology, Analysis and Prediction, Tidal analysis, Tidal classification, Analysis of tidal currents, Long term sea level variability, Environmental Effects on Sea Level, Weather-related effects, Shallow water effects, Tidal Datum Epoch, Tidal Planes and Levels, Harmonics-based definitions, Observations-based definitions (pages 1 to 17).

    • Accuracy of Tidal Predictions

  • Interactive Weather and Wave Forecast Maps

    The Interactive Weather and Wave Forecast Map Viewer is used to display images of computer-generated forecast data for up to the next 7 days. The computer model generated maps contain no input from weather forecasters. The link of the map shows Day+0 data.

    • Sea (or wind) waves are generated by the local prevailing wind and vary in size according to the length of time a particular wind has been blowing, the fetch (distance the wind has blown over the sea) and the water depth.
    • Swell waves are the regular longer period waves generated by distant weather systems. There may be several sets of swell waves travelling in different directions, causing a confused sea state.
    • Combined sea and swell describes the combined height of the sea and the swell that mariners experience on open waters. The height of the Combined sea and swell refers to the average wave height of the highest one third of the waves. Combined sea and swell is also known as total wave height, or significant wave height. Some waves will be higher and some lower than the significant wave height. The probable maximum wave height can be up to twice the significant wave height.

    Combined Sea and Swell for Australian Waters at Day+1 - Height in metres

  • Weather information at sea

    A range of services provide current weather information for mariners at sea. VHF radio is accessible from in-shore waters, HF radio for much greater distances off-shore, and the satellite 'Inmarsat C SafetyNET' services provide global access (More information about Marine Weather Services).

    • VHF voice radio
    • HF radio - voice and radiofax
    • Satellite communications - Inmarsat C

  • National Warnings Summary

    This page provides a summary of the valid weather warnings issued in each State.

  • Space Weather Services (SWS)

TEC Disturbance Index This index is defined as the mean deviation of the current conditions for the Total Electron Count (TEC) in the ionosphere from a 15-day running median reference data. An index of 1.5 mean there is a deviation of 150% between the current and the average TEC values. It is representative of the deviation of current ionospheric conditions from those expected by an usual GPS receiver. This deviation can cause a position error if it remain uncorrected. For the real GPS position errors refer to the L1 map below.

S4 Index Ionospheric scintillation occurs when a radio frequency signal traverses a region of small scale irregularities in electron density in the ionosphere. This is a rapid fluctuation of radio-frequency signal amplitude. The S4 Index quantified this amplitude scintillation with a measure of the short timescale fluctuation in the signal to noise of a transmission. Values over 0.6 indicate strong scintillation which can cause loss of lock on a GPS signal. A scintillation index below 0.3 is unlikely to have any affect on GPS.

• GPS: L1 Ionosheric Positioning Error

  The ionosphere is a significant source of error in satellite navigation systems, such as GPS. In ordinary operation the position of a GPS receiver is estimated by measuring the time delay between a radio signal transmitted from each satellite and the reception of that signal at the receiver. Assuming a constant speed of light, this time delay can be converted to a receiver-satellite distance. By comparing the distance to multiple satellites a GPS receiver can determine its three dimensional position. The ionosphere disrupts this approach since the GPS radio signal is slowed by the presence of free electrons, causing an additional time delay and hence an error in the distance to each satellite. The greater the total number of electrons (Total Electron Count, or TEC) on the signal path, the greater the time delay.
  This near-real-time map shows the estimated GPS positioning error, in metres of L1, resulting from the difference between the GPS broadcast Klobuchar model of ionospheric delay and the best current estimate of 'true' ionosheric delay, as observed by SWS. It is therefore representative of the ionospheric contribution to GPS position error for single-frequency GPS, which at mid-latitudes typically ranges between 1 and 5m. Both enhancements and depressions of the ionosphere can result in reduced GPS positioning accuracy. The map shows colour contours of position error at GPS L1 (ie single frequency), in units of metres.

  GPS: Position error around Australia related to the ionosphere. Error in metres

• Introduction to HF Radio Propagation

  There can be many reasons why an HF signal may not reach the intended recipient, including solar flares, ionospheric storms, geomagnetic storms, equipment faults and the choice of frequency. Summary: 1. The ionosphere - 2. HF communications - 3. Effects of solar events on HF communications. Also in HTML.

• HF Propagation Conditions

  These pages provide general propagation advice for HF communicators. Information available includes inferred global propagation conditions, real time HF fadeout coverage charts, regional ionospheric vertical MUF maps and Hourly Area Prediction charts (More information about HF Communications Problem).



• Australian Maritime College (AMC)
  • Marine Radio Operators Handbook

    This handbook is intended for the guidance of radio operators: (a) on Australian vessels which are compulsorily fitted with marine radiotelephony, marine radiotelephony with digital selective calling capability, and/or Inmarsat satellite communications, in accordance with State or Territory government legislation; or (b) on Australian vessels which are voluntarily fitted with marine radiotelephony, marine radiotelep ony with digital selective calling capability, and/or Inmarsat satellite communications; or (c) at limited coast stations, particularly those operated by marine rescue organisations. It is the recommended textbook for candidates undertaking examination for the Marine Radio Operators Certificate of Proficiency (MROCP), the Marine Radio Operators VHF Certificate of Proficiency (MROVCP), and the Marine Satellite Communications Endorsement (Also view online).

  • Marine VHF Radio Operators Handbook

    This handbook is intended for the guidance of radio operators: (a) On Australian vessels which are voluntarily fitted with marine VHF radiotelephony and marine VHF radiotelephony with D igital Selective Calling (DSC) capability. (b) On Australian vessels which are compulsorily fitted with marine VHF radiotelephony and marine VHF radiotelephony with D igital Selective Calling (DSC) capability. It is the recommended textbook for candidates undertaking the Marine Radio Operators VHF Certificate of Proficiency (MROVCP) examination (Also view online).

  • Maritime Communications Satellite Systems and Equipment

    This text is recommended as the study guide for candidates undertaking the examination for the Marine Satellite Communications Certificate of Endorsement (MCSSE also known as Satcom). Contents: General Information - Inmarsat-B ship earth stations - Inmarsat-C ship earth stations - Inmarsat Enhanced Group Calling receivers - Inmarsat-M equipement (Also view online).

  
  

• Maritime & Law of the Sea

  By the Australasian Legal Information Institute, online free-access resource for Maritime & Law of the Sea:

  • Collision at Sea
  • International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
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