Chart Locator

Download Nautical Charts and ENCs

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Charts and Products
Certified
Charts & Products

These products meet U.S. Coast Guard carriage requirements for commercial vessels.

General Use Charts
General Use
Charts

These products do not meet U.S. Coast Guard carriage requirements for commercial vessels.

Use the NOAA Custom Chart and NOAA Navigation websites together to help determine the appropriate time to update custom charts.

Chart Viewers
Chart
Viewers

Locate, view, and download various types of NOAA nautical charts and publications.

Services and Publications
Services & Publications

NOAA information, data services, and publications.

Chart Locator

Download Nautical Charts and ENCs

Coast Survey Blog

Read about Coast Survey's Adventures

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Certified Charts & Products
These products meet U.S. Coast Guard carriage requirements for commercial vessels.

NOAA ENC® - NOAA's vector electronic navigational charts

NOAA Paper Charts - NOAA's traditional paper navigational charts

United States Coast Pilot® - Sailing Directions


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General Use Charts
These products do not meet U.S. Coast Guard carriage requirements for commercial vessels.

NOAA Custom Chart - Create and download charts based on your own scale, extent, and paper size settings.

Use the NOAA Custom Chart and NOAA Navigation websites together to help determine the appropriate time to update custom charts.

Historical Charts - Images of maps and charts dating back to 1807.


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Chart Viewers
Locate, view, and download various types of NOAA nautical charts and publications.

ENC Viewer - A seamless display of all NOAA electronic navigational charts using ECDIS symbology.

View Nautical Charts - Visit the Dates of Latest Editions list to view individual raster charts.

NOAA Chart Locator - Find, view, and download any NOAA nautical chart product.


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Services & Publications
NOAA information, data services, and publications.

nowCOAST - Real-time coastal observations, forecasts, and warnings.

U.S. Chart No. 1 - The guide to the symbols, abbreviations, and terms used on NOAA nautical charts and ENCs.

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NOAA's Office of Coast Survey

We are the nation's nautical chart-maker. We are responsible for upgrading charts, surveying the seafloor, responding to maritime emergencies, and searching for underwater obstructions that pose a danger to navigation.