New On Cruising Club Of America Website: Sea Area Designations

Created by doina. Last modified on 2006-03-14 11:39:07
Topic: Cruising Information

We recently posted a new paper to the CCA (Cruising Club of America) website: www.cruisingclub.org The title of the paper is "SEA AREA DESIGNATIONS Used For Offshore Weather Forecasts".

The paper is mainly charts of named sea areas. The US charts include the east, south and west coasts, Hawaii, Alaska and the Caribbean. Canadian charts cover the east, north and west coasts. In Europe, the UK chart covers the waters from Iceland to Norway south to Spain. The French chart covers the Atlantic and Mediterranean as does the Spanish charts. Mediterranean charts also include Italian, Greek and Turkish waters. Pacific area charts for Australia and New Zealand waters are also included.

The German Weather Service broadcasts five day shipping weather forecasts for the areas around Europe via RTTY. They can be received on SSB radios in conjunction with most computer weather fax programs. A listing of these sea areas indicating the broadcast sequence and their locations is attached.

This paper may be found under the sidebar "Offshore Communications and Electronics" at the CCA's website. Acrobat Reader, also available there, is necessary to download the paper.

Walter R. Paul

Chair

Offshore Communications and Electronics, CCA