Marine Service Charts (MSC) - $1.251
Marine Service Charts (MSC) list frequencies, schedules
and locations of stations disseminating NWS products. They
also contain additional weather information of interest
to the mariner. Charts are also available via the Internet
as listed below.
Both sides of the charts are available, both in GIF
and PDF formats. The front side of the charts shows
the map and the back side shows the text that accompanies
the chart. PDF format is helpful if you need to zoom in
on a specific area of the chart. To view the PDF formats
of the charts, you must have Adobe Acrobat installed on
your computer.
Click here to download the
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Location |
Number |
GIF Format |
PDF Format |
Eastport, ME to Montauk Point, NY |
MSC-1 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Montauk Point, NY to Manasquan, NJ |
MSC-2 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Manasquan, NJ to Cape Hatteras, NC |
MSC-3 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Cape Hatteras, NC to Savannah, GA |
MSC-4 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Savannah, GA to Apalachicola, FL |
MSC-5 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Apalachicola, FL to Morgan City, LA |
MSC-6 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Morgan City, LA to Brownsville, TX |
MSC-7 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Mexican Border to Point Conception, CA |
MSC-8 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Point Conception, CA to Point St George, CA |
MSC-9 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Point St George, CA to Canadian Border |
MSC-10 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Great Lakes |
MSC-11/12 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Hawaiian Waters |
MSC-13 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands |
MSC-14 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Alaskan Waters |
MSC-15 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands |
MSC-16 |
Front |
Back |
Front |
Back |
OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF VALUE TO THE MARINER
NOAA PUBLICATIONS
Mariner's
Weather Log Magazine - $19.00/3 issues/yr ($26.60 foreign)3
Selected Marine Worldwide Weather Broadcasts (9/92)5
Voluntary Observing Ship Program
Brochure (1999) Free6
NWS Observing Handbook NO.1
(7/04) Free 6
Marine Report User Guide
Worldwide
Marine Radiofacsimile Broadcast Schedules (Jun 16, 2008) Free4
NOAA Weather
Radio Brochure (NOAA/PA 94070, 3/97) Free2
NOAA Weather Radio Handout (NOAA/PA 94061, 3/97) Free2
A
Mariners Guide to Marine Weather Services - Great Lakes
(NOAA/PA 98053) Free2
A
Mariners Guide to Marine Weather Services - Coastal, Offshore,
and High Seas (NOAA/PA 98054) Free2
Safe
Boating Weather Tips (NOAA/PA 94058, 6/98) Free2
National
Ocean Service Coast Pilot, Volumes 1-91
Directory of Private
Weather Services - Free10
Lightning & Boats (NOAA/Sea Grant NCU-G-95-004)
Mariners Guide for Hurricane Awareness in the North Atlantic Basin (large
file 2.3 MB PDF format)
NGA PUBLICATIONS
NGA Publication 117 "Radio Navigational Aids" (2005)...Includes
CD 13
American Practical
Navigator (Bowdich) Publication 9 (2002) - 13
Pilot Chart Atlas, 5 areas
13
Sailing Directions, 42 volumes13
U.S. Notices to
Mariners14
U.S. Notices to
Mariners #1, Special Notice to Mariners Paragraphs 14
U.S. COAST GUARD PUBLICATIONS
The
Future in Marine Radio Communications - GMDSS (1998) Free9
NAVY PUBLICATIONS
U.S.
NAVY Hurricane Havens/Heavy Weather Handbooks
Non-U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Canadian Coast Guard Radio
Aids to Navigation - $18.95 Cdn
The British Admiralty List of Radio Signals8
Volume 1 Coast Radio Stations (2 parts)
Volume 2 Radio Navigational Aids, Satellite Navigation
Systems, Legal Time,
Radio Time Signals & Electronic Fixing Systems
Volume 3 Maritime Safety Information Services (2 Parts)
Volume 4 Meteorological Observation Stations
Volume 5 Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems
Volume 6 Pilot Services, Vessel Traffic Services &
Port Operations (5 parts)
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
TSUNAMI
The Great Waves - Free 11
The
SafetyNET Users Handbook - Free
International SafetyNET Manual, 1994; IMO-908E12
NAVTEX Manual, 1994; IMO-951E12
GMDSS Handbook, 1995 (Includes GMDSS Master Plan); IMO-970E12
SOLAS Consolidated Edition, 1997; IMO-110E12
World Meteorological Organization Publication 9 - Weather
Reporting 15
Volume A - Observing Stations
Volume C1 - Meteorological Bulletins
Volume C2 - Transmission Programmes (Incluides broadcast information)
Volume D - Information for Shipping (Incluides broadcast information)
1. FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office
Distribution Division, AJW-3550
10201 Good Luck Road
Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769
(301) 436-8301
(800) 638-8972 toll free, U.S. only
(301) 436-6829 FAX
Email: 9-AMC-chartsales@faa.gov
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov
or your local chart agent:
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/nsd/states.html
2. Available Internet: Via http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/index.html
Or from your local National Weather Service
Forecast Office.
3. Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
(202) 512-1800 (7:30am-4:30pm EST)
(202) 512-2250 FAX
http://www.gpo.gov
http://www.vos.noaa.gov/mwl.shtml
(Distributed free to ships in VOS
program)
Click here
for the GPO printed order form
Click
here for the GPO online order form
4. (Printed version available only to ships participating
in U.S. VOS program)
web version http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/rfax.pdf
National Weather Service
Voluntary Observing Ship Technical Lead
Robert "Luke" Luke
NDBC Bldg #1100
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
(228) 688-1457
(228) 688-3153 (fax)
robert.luke@noaa.gov
http://www.vos.noaa.gov
5. Joint Publication of National Weather Service and Naval
Oceanography Command
Out of date, no longer produced
Marine Communications Program Manager,
W/OS21
National Weather Service, NOAA
1325 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301)-713-1677 x128
(301)-713-1598
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/marine/feedback.htm
6. (Some publications available only to ships participating
in U.S. VOS program)
National Weather Service
Voluntary Observing Ship Technical Lead
Robert "Luke" Luke
NDBC Bldg #1100
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
(228) 688-1457
(228) 688-3153 (FAX)
robert.luke@noaa.gov
http://www.vos.noaa.gov
8. UK Hydrographic Office
Admiralty Way, Tauton, Somerset
TA1 2DNm United Kingdom
+44(0) 1823 337900 x3333
+44(0) 1823 323753 FAX
info@hydro.gov.uk
http://www.ukho.gov.uk
http://www.ukho.gov.uk/amd/distributorsList.asp
(Distributors)
9. Commandant (G-SCT)
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20593
(202)-267-2860
(202)-267-4106 (FAX)
cgcomms@comdt.uscg.mil
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/#Brochure
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/default.htm
10. National Weather Service
Industrial Meteorology
Staff
1325 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301)-713-0258
(301)-713-0610
nws.im@noaa.gov
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/
11. International Tsunami Information Center
737 Bishop St.
Suite 2200
Honolulu, HI
96813-3213
808-532-6422
808-532-5576
(FAX)
itic@itic.noaa.gov
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/
12. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
4 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7SR
UK
+44 207 7357611
+44 207 5873210
FAX (general enquiries)
+44 207 5873241
FAX (publication sales)
Telex: 23588
info@imo.org
http://www.imo.org
13. Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
(202) 512-1800 (7:30am-4:30pm EST)
(202) 512-2250 FAX
http://bookstore.gpo.gov
14. Since 2004, no longer printed by U.S. Government
15. American Meteorological Society
Attn: WMO Publications Center
45 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108 USA
1-617-227-2425 Fax: 1-617-742-8718
wmopubs@ametsoc.org
http://www.wmo.ch/web/catalogue/
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