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.
Note - As a result of budgetary constraints, these Marine Service Charts are no longer being updated and may contain outdated information. In some cases the amount and/or types of outdated information has resulted in the unfortunate situation that we can no longer justify continuing to make that chart available. Updated information can most often be found on the Marine Forecasts or NOAA Weather Radio webpages or from your Local Weather Forecast Office.
* N/A = No longer available
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 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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
Voluntary Observing Ship Program
Brochure (1999) Free6
NWS Observing Handbook NO.1
(05/10) Free 6
Marine Report User Guide
Worldwide
Marine Radiofacsimile Broadcast Schedules (Feb 10, 2012) 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
Hurricane brochures - Free10
Tropical Cyclones -
A Preparedness Guide - Free10
Mariners Guide for Hurricane Awareness in the North Atlantic Basin (2.3 MB PDF)
TsunamiReady Brochure
NOAA SEA GRANT PUBLICATIONS
Lightning & Boats (NOAA/Sea Grant NCU-G-95-004)
Lightning & Sailboats (2009)
Lightning & Sailboats (1992) (NOAA/Sea Grant FLSGP-G-92-001)
Beach safety: protect yourself from lightning (NOAA/Sea Grant DELU-G-90-003)
Inadequacies in the US code for lightning protection of
boats (NOAA/Sea Grant FLSGP-R-89-018)
BOATING - LIGHTNING PROTECTION (NOAA/Sea Grant FLSGP-G-85-001)
LIGHTNING: GROUNDING YOUR BOAT (NOAA/Sea Grant MDU-G-80-001)
LIGHTNING CONE OF PROTECTION (NOAA/Sea Grant MICHU-G-80-001)
Rip currents! Break the grip of the rip (NOAA/Sea Grant DELU-G-05-005)
STARFISHER'S LAST VOYAGE (NOAA/Sea Grant ORESU-G-75-004)
Safe boating tips (fact sheet) (NOAA/Sea Grant PENN-G-03-002)
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
Mariners13
U.S. Notices to
Mariners #1, Special Notice to Mariners Paragraphs
U.S. COAST GUARD PUBLICATIONS
Reserved
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 (Includes broadcast information)
Volume D - Information for Shipping (Includes broadcast information)
World Meteorological Organization Publication 471 - Guide
to Marine Meteorological Services 15
World Meteorological Organization Publication 558 - Manual On Marine Meteorological Services 15
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment 2009 Report
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. No longer printed
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/rfax.pdf
marine.weather@noaa.gov
6. (Some publications available only to ships participating
in U.S. VOS program)
National Weather Service
Voluntary Observing Ship Operations Manager
John Wasserman
NDBC Bldg #1100
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
(228) 688-1818
(228) 688-3153 (fax)
John.Wasserman@noaa.gov
http://www.vos.noaa.gov
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. Available on-line and no longer printed by U.S. Government. Many NGA publications available
from commercial vendors, see NGA webpage for references.
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.int/e-catalog/index_en.php?SORT=N&q=
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