AUS 809 — Port Jackson to Port Stephens, NSW Nautical Chart

For skippers, fishers, and coastal cruisers running Sydney to the Hunter coast

Run confident coastal legs between Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) and Port Stephens. AUS 809 provides a broad offshore view at 1:150,000, with targeted insets for Lake Macquarie Entrance (1:25,000) and Catherine Hill Bay (1:7,500)—ideal for shaping tracks, planning landfalls, and cueing approach notes.

Why skippers choose this chart

• 🧭 Coastal-passage scale — 1:150,000 balances offshore context with shoreline references.

• 🧿 Landfall confidence — Headlands, bays, and conspicuous features for reliable fixes.

• 🗺️ Mercator projection (main) — Straight rhumb-line plotting; UTM on insets for clean bearings.

• 📍 Exact bounds listed — Quick position checks with North/South/East/West limits.

• 🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Soft-matte, writeable laminate face for chart-correction/grease pencils.

• 🇦🇺 Printed in Australia — Colour-managed, hand-checked output.

Coverage & insets

• Main Chart — AUS 809: Australia · East Coast · New South Wales · Port Jackson to Port Stephens

  • Scale: 1:150,000 · Projection: Mercator

  • Bounds: N 32°35.10′ S · S 33°54.00′ S · E 152°14.38′ E · W 151°15.00′ E

  • Publication / Latest Edition: 22-Apr-1994 / 12-Nov-2021

• Subchart — Lake Macquarie Entrance

  • Scale: 1:25,000 · Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator

  • Bounds: N 33°04.04′ S · S 33°05.93′ S · E 151°40.89′ E · W 151°38.13′ E

  • Edition: 10-Nov-2000

• Subchart — Catherine Hill Bay

  • Scale: 1:7,500 · Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator

  • Bounds: N 33°09.17′ S · S 33°09.73′ S · E 151°38.30′ E · W 151°37.67′ E

  • Latest Edition: 12-Nov-2021

Premium materials & finishes

• Paper (120 gsm matte) — Clear, lightweight, and chart-table friendly; perfect under nav-station glass.

• Laminated (soft-matte front / gloss back, edge-sealed) — Front is low-glare and writeable; gloss back adds rigidity. Wipes clean with a soft cloth.

The soft-matte writeable face is specified so you can mark fixes, ETAs, and pilotage cues, then clean down between passages.

On-board & ashore use

• 🧭 Passage planning — Plot offshore routes, tidal gates, and landfall points before you cast off.

• 📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance coastal overview for roles, calls, and nav references.

• 🛠️ Club/office display — Durable laminated option for training rooms and noticeboards.

• 🎁 Practical gift — A dependable working chart for local and transiting skippers.

Specifications

Important note (mariner’s guidance)

Ideal for planning, briefing, education, and display. For navigation underway, always use the latest official hydrographic chart or approved ECDIS with current Notices to Mariners and local guidance. Coastal conditions and aids can change.

Track Sydney to the Hunter with confidence

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