====== Nautical Charts ======

[Please add missing national nautical chart resources to this list]

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===== How To Read/Use =====

  * [[https://paddling.com/learn/how-to-read-a-nautical-chart/|How to Read a Nautical Chart]]
  * [[https://youtu.be/F5K6Se_h5IU|How to Read Nautical Charts Video]]

===== Worldwide Free Online =====

  * [[http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com|Fishing GPS Nautical Charts dot Com]]
  * [[https://webapp.navionics.com/|Navionics Interactive Navigational Chart]]
  * [[https://map.openseamap.org/|Open Sea Map]] - make sure to check all of the boxes for what you want to see in the "View" menu

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===== By Country =====

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===== Australia =====

  * [[https://www.hydro.gov.au/prodserv/prodserv.htm|Australian Hydrographic Office]]
  * [[http://www.ic-enc.org/|IC-ENC]]

===== Canada =====

  * [[http://www.charts.gc.ca/index-eng.html|Fisheries and Oceans Canada]]

===== France =====

  * [[https://data.shom.fr/donnees/catalogue#001=eyJjIjpbNDUzNjguMDc3NDY1Mjc0NjA0LDU4MDQ0ODQuMDk2NDQxMl0sInoiOjYsInIiOjAsImwiOlt7InR5cGUiOiJJTlRFUk5BTF9MQVlFUiIsImlkZW50aWZpZXIiOiJSQVNURVJfTUFSSU5FXzM4NTdfV01UUyIsIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWV9LHsidHlwZSI6IklOVEVSTkFMX0xBWUVSIiwiaWRlbnRpZmllciI6IkZEQ19HRUJDT19QWVItUE5HXzM4NTdfV01UUyIsIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWV9XX0=|Online Viewer]]
  * [[https://diffusion.shom.fr/pro/navigation/cartes-marines.html|Paper Charts]]

===== New Zealand =====

  * [[https://wetmaps.co.nz/#5/-44.840/168.442|NZ Marine Charts]] (wetmaps)
  * [[https://charts.linz.govt.nz/charts|Land Information New Zealand]]

===== South Africa =====

  * [[https://www.sanho.co.za/products/full_catalogue.htm|SA Hydrographic Office]]

===== UK =====

  * [[https://www.admiralty.co.uk/charts/standard-nautical-charts|UK Admiralty Charts]]

===== USA Waters =====

  * NOAA - [[https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/enconline/enconline.html|interactive viewer]], [[https://www.charts.noaa.gov/MCD/Dole.shtml|table list of raster charts]] - all US marine shoreline, US Great Lakes shoreline and the St. Lawrence River, the Columbia River upstream to the tri-cities and the Snake River upstream to Lewiston, and other large lakes and rivers.
  * [[https://www.captainsnautical.com/|Captain's]]

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