Weather, Charts, Stars and Guides


Weather

passageweather.com 
 is  David Tyler's favourite 7-day weather source for passage making.

The USA national marine weather service - NOAA

Bob McDavitt's Weathergram - a good site for interpretation of the weather in the South Pacific.

weatheronline.co.uk will get you weather anywhere in the world.
 
The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology's marine weather service is what it says.

South China Sea Electronic Navigation Charts - "The East Asia Hydrographic Commission (EAHC) was formed within the framework of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). The mission of it is to work out regional cooperative programmes through the endeavors of national hydrographic offices for the provision of adequate and timely hydrographic information for marine navigation in the region. In this respect, the EAHC is very pleased to accomplish this mission by producing small scale official Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) of the South China Sea to serve the maritime community. Presently, the EAHC has nine Member States (MSs) : China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand."


Charts



Stars

Rise, Set & Transit Times 
for major solar system bodies and bright stars.

Stellarium Wiki - Stellarium is free GPL desktop software which renders realistic skies in real time with openGL. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope. Stellarium is also used in planetariums. - Linux, Windows or Mac. 


Guides

Active Captain -
 "The interactive cruising guidebook", pilotage notes. Very strong in North America, expanding elsewhere.

Oceandots - a full description of all the world's islands. 


 
 
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