Maritime Safety Information

LINZ Hydrographic Services is responsible for:

• charting New Zealand waters for the purpose of Safety of Life at Sea
• providing international standard Hydrographic Services
• production of nautical charts
• provision of nautical publications

Maritime Safety information displayed here is sourced from the NZ Nautical Almanac 2005/06 or the appropriate authoritative providers as indicated. For complete Maritime Safety information, please use the web links to go to the authoritative providers' web pages.

The user is reminded that the monitoring of broadcast warnings, particularly the International SafetyNET or NAVTEX Service (part of the International Maritime Organization's Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Broadcasts) can provide more timely access to important navigation safety information and should be routinely monitored.

Maritime Radio Information

• Maritime New Zealand - Maritime Radio Information
• Radio Distress calling (pdf 31.8KB)

Maritime Contacts

• List of New Zealand Harbour Masters from NZ Nautical Almanac 2007/08 (pdf 33KB)
• List of New Zealand Port Operators from NZ Nautical Almanac 2007/08 (pdf 32KB)

Useful Websites