On Pelagia, we ensure our CHS charts are up-to-date. "New" rocks and shallows shown on up-to-date official charts may be missing on Navionics and/or C-MAP! Update: just checked earlier NOTMAR editions: current Navionics and C-MAP missing more rocks/shallows in other areas of BC! (O-charts, however, are correctly updated.)ĬONCLUSION: Commercial charts such as Navionics or C-MAP may NOT be up-to-date (even though you just "updated" them). Plunger Passage: O-Charts (March, 2021 - accurate!) Manson Passage: O-Charts (March, 2021 - accurate!)
(OpenCPN is an excellent free/near-free chartplotter software for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.)īy March, 2021, the O-Charts for Manson and Plunger Passages included the February update: These charts can be updated monthly, and are supposed to be the same as CHS ENC charts. O-Charts ( ) makes CHS ENC Vector charts available for OpenCPN at a very reasonable annual price (20 Euros for Pacific Coast of Canada). IN CONTRAST, O-CHARTS SEEM TO QUICKLY UPDATE: Keep an eye out to see how long it takes Navionics (or CMAP) to include these updates! (As of November 20, 2021, neither Navionics or CMAP have included this September update.) For example: Here's another "new" rock and a wreck (North Cove, Thetis Island) shown on the up-to-date CHS raster chart, but not (yet, as of November 20)) on the just-updated Navionics or CMAP: The September CHS NOTMAR had new shallows, rocks and wrecks. C-MAP has not yet updated these locations.
Update (August, 2021): Navionics finally updated the above locations by August 14th, 2021. Plunger Passage: C-MAP (June, 2021, not accurate)Īt least 3 months after CHS issued a NOTMAR about these rocks/shallows, yet they are still not shown on "updated" Navionics or C-MAP charts. Manson Passage: C-MAP (June, 2021, not accurate) Plunger Passage: Navionics (June, 2021, not accurate) Manson Passage: Navionics (June, 2021, not accurate) This includes the C-MAP App and C-Map SD card (card purchased in May, 2021) as well as the Navionics App (as well as the online viewer).
What about Navionics and C-MAP? As of June 7, 2021, neither show these updates.
Both are dangerous to most boats (especially the shallow area in Plunger Pass, which we passed through last summer).
If you own a compatible plotter from Raymarine, you can use Plotter Sync to transfer routes and markers, upload sonar logs, download new areas and updates to your card, and activate a new Navionics+ card wirelessly by connecting an iPhone, iPad or Android with the Navionics Boating app to your plotter.The updated CHS charts (June, 2021) show the two new drying rocks in Manson Passage (top, right) and the 0.3m shallows in Plunger Pass (bottom, right).
The feature can be displayed directly on the screen of compatible plotters, or on a mobile device within the Navionics Boating app when connected wirelessly to a sonar. SonarChart™ Live allows you to create new personal 1 ft/0.5 m HD bathymetry maps that display in real time while navigating. Now on Raymarine, Lowrance, Simrad and B&G, boaters also have the opportunity to benefit from advanced features:ĭock-to-dock Autorouting, a unique breakthrough in boating navigation, quickly creates detailed routes even through narrow passages and channels, based on chart data and navigation aids.Ĭustomize your view of Navionics charts by highlighting shallow areas, selecting a fishing range or adjusting SonarChart™ density.