An image based version which works with Opencpn. Slightly outdated.
Note: Climatology Plugin has a true digital version of pilot charts that provides NOAA 35 year average montly wind, currents, water & surface temps, etc. which can be used with Weather_Routing Plugin.
All US Pilot Charts are available below for download, in the BSB ver2 electronic Raster Chart format.
The conversion from the official pdf files to BSB/kap files was done by the OpenCPN team.
The Latest version was Published January 1st 2011 and have these updates:
* There is a new clearer naming scheme for the files.
* The Chart Names are changed to reflect the months more clearly.
* The Charts now have a built in dimming palette for dawn/dusk/night viewing.
* All charts now are compressed to 7z files. This is a superior compression algorithm, resulting in smaller files and faster downloads.
* OpenCPN has a limit of 100 charts in the ChartBar. When this limit is reached, the largest scale chart will be dropped. If all Pilot Charts are loaded at the same time, there are many areas where the different Pilot Charts overlap. Be very careful when navigating in these areas as the larger scale, more detailed charts, may not be available.
* For this reason, when underway, as opposed to planning a passage, it makes sense to only have one or two sets of Pilot Charts loaded in OpenCPN, covering the actual route.
*Chart Groups are is ideally suited for viewing and organizing Pilot Charts.
* For quick switching between consecutive Pilot Charts use the Buttons
Shift to larger scale chart.
Shift to smaller scale chart.
The monthly Pilot Charts for The North Atlantic are split into four separate charts.
The Northern North Atlantic - the far north part.
The Central North Atlantic - the main part.
The Western North Atlantic - the Caribbean.
The Mediterranean
The South Atlantic
Pilot Charts for The North Pacific Ocean
The monthly Pilot Charts for The South Pacific are split into two parts, the charts proper, and the information part.
The information part in The South Pacific is not a part of the Pilot Chart itself, as in the other oceans, due to lack of space.
Pilot Charts for the South Pacific
South Pacific Information Sheets
Pilot Charts for The Indian Ocean
MD5.doc sums
World Wide Magnetic Variation Chart is best viewed as a single chart. Hit F9 to turn off quilting.
World Wide Magnetic Variation Chart 2010
NOTE: The WMM Plugin is a better and easier way to view Variation.
BlueMarble World Chart Blue Marble World Chart