Trip Planning

Want to let HAPS members know where you'll be? Download the float plan form and send it to Haps Comms. We'll send it out to the membership for you. Assuming we're not sailing out of email range. Sometimes we do that.

We've also included a link to a more complete form developed by the US Coast Guard for recreational vessels.

Below are a few resources or tools you may find useful while planning your next trip.

If you have a suggestion for something else you would like to see here contact Duane Rubash of s/v Salish Mermaid.

 

Deep ZOOM

This is a great tool to get tide and current information.   It has a great graphical animated display of the current for the day you select.   It is a great way to plan the best time to navigate areas where strong currents can be a navigational hazard or find the best departure time to ride the current to your next destination.

ACTIVE captain

This site has a cool live map that can be an excellent tool to map out a route or get information about an anchorage.

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NWS Marine Forecast

It is always good to keep a close eye on the weather to pick your best weather window.

NVS Maritime Operations - Great graphincal tool with a lot of information on weather, you can even do route planning and save your routes to your personal free account.

Nautical Chart Catalog - View and downloat 1000+ nautical charts

Historical Charts- NOAA's nautical charts section digitized charts and maps from current day back to well before the civil war.

Washington Current Predictions - Detailed information regarding currents for given locations and days.

Washington Tides and Currents - this site has a multitude of data or different ways to view tides and currents. You can download a PDF of the tide tables for a given location or graphically display tide predictions several different ways.

NANOOS

the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems. NANOOS is part of IOOS and provides information and products related to weather and ocean data.

Tides 4 Fishing

is actually a useful page for trip planning as well.  It has a tidal coefficient chart that can give you a quick look at possible good or bad days to plan a long haul.  It also has some good detailed information and graphical presentations of data like Swells for say planning a strait crossing for example.

 

Wind

Here are a few places where you can find wind forecasts, you decide which ones you prefer