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Chart Locator

Download Nautical Charts and ENCs

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Read about Coast Survey's Adventures

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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
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Viewers

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

Services and Publications
Services & Publications

NOAA information, data services, and publications.

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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.