Division 3 Links
Coastie
The Safety Boat
This is the USCG Auxiliary Web Site for
children as well as adults to visit and learn about boating safety taught by a
robot named Coastie, The Safety Boat. Coastie travels throughout the country
meeting boys and girls and helping them learn to become safe around water.
National Data Buoy Center Weather Data Buoy - Biloxi, MS
This Data Buoy provides important current weather information from its location 22 NM South-South East of Biloxi, MS.
Gulf
of Mexico Weather Data
Here's an interesting site for current weather
conditions along the Coastal Region of the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida.
Up-To-Date
Mississippi Gulf Coast Tide Tables
This site contains up-to-date predicted Tide, Sun and Moon tables for the Mississippi Gulf Coast area. Tables are provided in two formats, html and Acrobat PDF files.
Float Plan For Your Trip
Are you going out on the water? Check this link
to our Float Plan page and get a Float Plan that you can fill out and leave with
someone that will serve as a point of contact and will check to see if you
return when expected.
Maritime
Safety Home Page
This site contains information from the
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the Maritime Safety Information
Center (MSIC). Among other information available at this site are the latest
Notice To Mariners publications.
USCG
Light
List
This site contains the seven volume Light List
available in Adobe Acrobat format. This is a useful site if you are performing
ATON Patrols or need to keep the Light List for your area on your boat. These
lists are long, so make sure you get only the area of interest before you start
printing, otherwise your printer will likely run out of paper before it's
finished printing.