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.

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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

1. FAA/National Aeronautical Charting Office
    Distribution Division, AVN-530
    6303 Ivy Lane, Suite 400
    Greenbelt, MD 20770
    (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.nws.noaa.gov/om/mwl/mwl.htm
    (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

7. Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM)
    1800 Diagonal Rd. , Suite 600
    Alexandria, VA 22314-2840
    (703)-684-4481
    (703)-836-4229 (FAX)
    information@rtcm.org
   http://www.rtcm.org/
    (New revisions in process)

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/list_of_agents.html (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.mil/marcomms/gmdss/#Brochure
    http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/marcomms.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
    (NIMA publication distibution is presently in a transition process from
    National Ocean Service¹ to GPO)

14.  Defense Supply Center-Richmond, Customer Assistance
    ATTN: Product Center 9
    8000 Jefferson Davis Highway
    Richmond, VA 23297-5337
    1-800-826-0342
    http://164.214.2.59:80/Navigation/ntm/index.cfm

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/