Keeping with the theme of charts and navigation, there is one definitive online source for U.S. nautical charts: NOAA's Online Chart Viewer. More than 1,000 U.S. coastal and Great Lakes charts can be viewed for free. As with the first tool I reviewed, you can simply take a screen shot and print the area of the chart you are interested in, slide it into a waterproof map case, and take it with you.As with any online version of a navigational chart, these should only be used for planning and analysis. For proper navigation, the full-scale, official, printed versions of the NOAA charts should be used. Do you have any favorite online tools that you use when planning your kayaking trips? Fee free to email me (kayaksportsman@gmail.com), contact me via Twitter, or leave a comment below. I'll be sure to share the best ideas right here on the blog.
Good Paddling!
The Kayak Sportsman
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