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# United States Coast Pilot®

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                What is the U.S. Coast Pilot®?                

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                ten volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart.

U.S. Coast Pilot Topics

                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.            

Updated Publications Available Weekly

All Coast Pilot books are available to download free of charge.

To download the weekly updates and the latest edition, use the interactive map. Please report a discrepancy or provide additional                information for updating the Coast Pilot.

Printed copies of Coast Pilot can be purchased from NOAA Certified Coast Pilot Distributors, and                are up to date at the time of printing.

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**Amalgamated International & U.S. Inland Rules**
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An up to date printed or downloaded* copy of this Amalgamation, or the                    Navigation Rules as published within the United States Coast Pilot®,                    may be used to meet the 'copy of these Rules' requirement of Inland                        Rule 1(g). For more information on the Coast Guard's policy regarding the                    use of electronic publications and charts.

*see Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC)                        01-16 CH-2.

**Important Information**

Notice: Incomplete and otherwise inaccurate                    reproductions of United States Coast Pilot are being sold on the commercial                        market.

Notice: To increase efficiency and timeliness, Coast                    Pilot updates will only be posted on this website, and no longer be included in the Coast Guard                    Local Notice to Mariners or NGA Notice to Mariners.

* While the Office of Coast Survey is committed to making its electronic and                    information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities by meeting or exceeding the                    requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998, our                    Coast Pilot PDF files are not yet compliant. 

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