gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39970 eng UTF8 dataset Office of Coast Survey resourceProvider Keown, Patrick 240-533-0031 1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 patrick.keown@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-18T12:31:56 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) United States Coast Pilot (volume 1 through 9) CoastPilot_v1-9 1796 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 39970 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39970 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Main webpage. download The United States Coast Pilot is a series of 9 nautical books that cover a wide variety of information important to navigators of U.S. coastal and intercoastal waters, and the waters of the Great Lakes. Most of this information cannot be shown graphically on the standard nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. The subjects of the Coast Pilot include, but are not limited to, channel descriptions, anchorages, bridge and cable clearances, currents, tide and water levels, prominent features, pilotage, towage, weather, ice conditions, wharf descriptions, dangers, routes, traffic separation schemes, small-craft facilities and federal regulations applicable to navigations. Throughout the history of the modern maritime community, sailing directions have played an integral role in ensuring safe and efficient navigation. The United States Coast Pilot, our national sailing directions consists of a series of nautical publications that cover a variety of information important to navigators of coastal and intercoastal waters, including the Great Lakes. Issued in nine volumes they contain vital supplemental information that is difficult or impossible to portray on a nautical chart. underDevelopment Keown, Patrick 240-533-0031 1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 patrick.keown@noaa.gov pointOfContact Keown, Patrick 240-533-0031 1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 patrick.keown@noaa.gov custodian continual Nautical Charting theme NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Federal regulations anchorages bridge clearances channel descriptions currents dangers navigational information oceans pilotage routes tide and water levels towage traffic separation schemes theme U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone U.S. coastal waters U.S. navigable waters U.S. territorial waters place DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS > Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ocs project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of Coast Survey, [Date of Access]: United States Coast Pilot (volume 1 through 9) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39970. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: The newest edition automatically cancels out any previous version of a book. Amendments to the Coast Pilot are availabel online at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm, and through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Notices to Mariner. An up-to-date Coast Pilot, as defined by law, includes the book and all amendments cut and pasted into the appropriate sections. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: The Coast Pilot supplements the navigational information shown on charts. Mariners and others are urged to report promptly to the National Ocean Service errors, omissions, or any conditions found to differ from or to be additional to those published in the Coast Pilot or shown on the charts in order that they may be fully investigated and proper corrections made. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: The newest edition of a Coast Pilot automatically cancels out previous versions of the Coast Pilot. Weekly updates to the Coast Pilot are available at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm, and through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Notices to Mariners. To legally meet carriage requirements a Coast Pilot must contain the amendments cut and pasted into the appropriate sections. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 39970 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocs/dmp/pdf/39970.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US boundaries economy environment geoscientificInformation inlandWaters location oceans transportation -180 180 17 64.5 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1796 All Coast Pilot volumes are updated weekly and available online at "http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm" with published corrections throughout the year. Each volumes (books) has its own edition and publication date. Refer to the Distribution Section for links to a specific book. Mariners and others are urged to report promptly to the National Ocean Service through the Nautical Inquiry/Discrepancy Reporting System at http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/idrs/discrepancy.aspx any errors, omissions, or any conditions found to differ from or to be additional to those published in the Coast Pilot or shown on the charts in order that they may be fully investigated and proper corrections made. The Coast Pilot was first published as a piloting guide by the Blunt family in 1796. A partnership between the Blunt family and the United States Coast Survey began in the 1830's. lasting until 1867 when the United States bought the publishing rights to the Coast Pilot, since then the United States Coast Pilot has been a federal publication. PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format Office of Coast Survey 1315 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Office of Coast Survey Website Website listed for Office of Coast Survey information distributor https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=1 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=2 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=2 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=3 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=3 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=4 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=4 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=5 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=5 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=6 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=6 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=7 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=7 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=8 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=8 Downloadable Data download https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=9 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=9 Downloadable Data download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy The geographic position represents the most accurate position available found in documents received by NOS. Cautions are provided, as appropriate, to describe errors due to instrument type.Information received by NOS from various sources concerning depths, dangers, currents, facilities, and other subjects, which has not been verified by Government surveys and inspections, is often included in the Coast Pilot; such unverified information is qualified as "reported," and should be regarded with caution. Vertical Positional Accuracy Depth is the vertical distance from the chart datum to the bottom and is expressed in the same units as soundings on the applicable chart.Controlling depth of a channel is the least depth within the limits of the channel; it restricts the safe use of the channel to drafts of less than that depth.Federal project depth is the design dredging depth of a channel constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the project depth may or may not be the goal of maintenance dredging after completion of the channel, and, for this reason, project depth must not be confused with controlling depth.Depths along side wharves usually have been reported by owners and/or operators of the waterfront facilities, and have not been verified by Government surveys; since these depths may be subject to change, local authorities should be consulted for the latest controlling depths. Completeness Report Each volume of the Coast Pilot is published on an annual basis with revisions and updates. Amendments to individual volumes are available online at "http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm", and through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Notices to Mariners. In certain cases, items are flagged with advisories when more information is required from local officials in order to conduct safe navigation. This is often observed when depths are measured by local operators of waterfront facilities or annual tidal predictions issued by NOS provide insufficient resolution to determine under-keel-clearance. The Coast Pilot is complete, at time of publication, however the information covers a dynamically changing environment and it is the responsibility of the user to file Coast Pilot Reports when they find errors, omissions, or any conditions found to differ from or to be additional to those published in the Coast Pilot. Filing reports allows the information to be fully investigated and proper corrections made as appropriate. Conceptual Consistency The Coast Pilot supplements the navigational information shown on nautical charts. It is imperative to recognize that when an abbreviation, or policy changes, it does not require that all preexisting data in the Coast Pilots change. Therefore, there are inconsistencies in the Coast Pilots depending on policy at the time the feature was applied or updated. The Coast Pilot supplements the navigational information shown on nautical charts. The sources for updating the Coast Pilot include, but are not limited to, field inspections conducted by NOAA, information published in Notices to Mariners, reports from NOAA Hydrographic vessels and field parties, information from other Government agencies, State and local governments, maritime and pilotage associations, port authorities, and mariners.