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NOAA’s Marine Charts are available online for FREE in a variety of formats, including: Electronic charts for use in charting navigation software, Full Size PDFs, or ChartBooklets that can be printed out on standard sized paper then laminated! Also look for US Chart No. 1, NOAA's key to all those little symbols on a nautical chart, also for FREE.
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Powerful trip planning tools and high quality maps. USGS and USFS topos, aerial imagery, printing to geospatial PDFs, exporting to KMZ and MBTiles
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This is a map that I put together showing all of the kayak launches that I know of in Washington State on the saltwater.
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Most of these sites are a part of The WWTA, Cascade Marine Trail made specifically for human powered watercraft only.
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The WWTA is a small non-profit membership organization dedicated to the recreational use and environmental stewardship of Washington State waterways. They have a network of water trails and campsites for use by human powered craft. The jewel of the trails is the Cascadia Marine Trail, A salt water trail that stretches over 140 miles, from the Canadian border on the north to southernmost Puget Sound near Olympia. The CMT includes 58 campsites which are open to people arriving in non-motorized beachable watercraft, as well over 100 legal access points.
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Modeled after the WWTA Cascade Marine Trail, the BC Marine Trails Network is an integral part of coastal BC life as paddlers and coastal community members work together to learn more about and practice environmental and heritage conservation and the principles of "Leave No Trace" camping.
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Arial photos of the Washington Coast.
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This is another great website for more paddle ideas.
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The United States Coast Pilot® consists of a series of nautical books that cover a variety of information important to navigators of coastal and intracoastal waters and the Great Lakes. Issued in nine volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart.
Topics in the Coast Pilot include 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 navigation.
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Over 100 pages of valuable information on nautical chart symbols. U.S. Chart No. 1 describes the symbols, abbreviations and terms used on all NOAA, NGA and international nautical charts, as well as the symbols used to portray NOAA ENC® charts on ECDIS.