This page contains several useful links to reference material or tools you might find useful. These will all open on a separate tab as they as external sites.
Helpful Reference Material
This page contains links to essential references and resources that all mariners should be familiar with as well as links to other useful information such as the annual accident reports put out by the United States Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife. There are also links to other potentially useful resources that will continue to grow.
NOAA Chart of Tampa Bay. You can also find all NOAA charts on the NOAA Chart Locator website
The Light List contains a comprehensive list of lights, sound signals, buoys, day beacons, and other aids to navigation. An invaluable reference to help find your way.
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
Americas Boating Channel has a large collection of videos to help you learn the skills you need to be a better and safer boater.
The Multi Vessel Interactive Trainer or MuVIT implemented by the Tampa Power Squadron is a simulator intended to be a cost-effective aid that squadrons can build themselves to aid in demonstrating basic boating skills.
OpenCPN open source chart plotter software works with free ENC NOAA charts and is the tool used in many of the advanced United States Power Squadrons classes.
Navigation Rules for Paddlecraft was written by an associate member of the Tampa Power Squadron and is widely used to train paddlers.
This is a comprehensive list of the boat ramps in and around Hillsborough County, among many other interesting items on the page.
