“There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.”
– Norwegian proverb
Learn how to use these links and tools in our Marine Weather and Coastal Navigation courses!
Local Favourites
- Local Weather (for Landlubbers)
- Solomons @ Weather.com
- Marine Forecast (Patuxent River)
- Marine Forecast (Drum Pt – Smith Pt)
- SAILFLOW Solomons MD
- SAILFLOW NAS Pax River MD
- SAILFLOW Mid-Bay Sea Surface Currents
- Live Solomons Conditions
- Solomons Tides (NOAA)
- Tidal Currents for Northern Chesapeake (NOAA)
- Tidal Current Tables (NOAA)
- Chesapeake Bay PORTS: All Meteorological Data
- Tropical/Hurricane
- National Hurricane Center
NOAA/Navy Weather Sites
- NWS Hybrid Forecast for Solomons
- NWS Marine Forecast for Chesapeake Bay regions
- NOAA Weather Radar
- NOAA National Wx Maps
- NOAA Animated Wx Map Loop
- NOAA Sunrise/Sunset calculator
- NOAA National Data Buoy Center
- Naval Oceanography Portal (METOC)
- NAVO Gulf Stream North
- NAVO Gulf Stream South
Charts & Nav Publications
- NGA Maritime Portal – Bowditch, NTM, Sailing Directions, USCG Light List
- NOAA Office of Coast Survey – Local NTM, Chart #1, Coast Pilot
- NOAA Marine Weather Publications
- Navionics Web App – Chart Viewer
NOAA Nautical Chart Viewer
- 12284 Solomons Island
- 12264 Patuxent River
- 12263 Cove Point to Sandy Point
- 12266 Choptank River & Herring Bay
- 12270 Eastern Bay & South River
- 12282 Severn & Magothy Rivers
- 12230 Smith Point to Cove Point
- 12231 Tangier Sound
- 12228 Pocomoke & Tangier Sound
- 12235 Rappahannock, Piankatank, Great Wicomico