July 12, 2006 09:26
Your best bet is Chartworld. Mexico belongs to the international ENC organizations, but based on the IC-ENC org website (best site to determine what's actually been 'officially' produced) they've only created some for their east coast. However, Navionics (also from Chartworld site) has some for the west coast.
In general the chart's for Mexico are not particularly great. Most were produced by the US in WWII (based on discussion last fall with the guy who runs one of the older marinas in La Paz). I'd have to assume these are the basis for most of the vector charts available. For now I managed to get a set of the SoftCharts for the Mexico west coast while they were still available, backed up by a paper portfolio from Bellingham Chart Printers (www.tidesend.com) - a good source for paper and electronic charts.
When are you heading south? I'm also heading down this fall, but the toughest part of my trip may be getting from here (PNW) to where you're at. I have to leave by the end of September (latest) to beat the early winter storms. My first stop will be San Diego (non-stop from probably Neah Bay) for visas and visit family.
Scot
In general the chart's for Mexico are not particularly great. Most were produced by the US in WWII (based on discussion last fall with the guy who runs one of the older marinas in La Paz). I'd have to assume these are the basis for most of the vector charts available. For now I managed to get a set of the SoftCharts for the Mexico west coast while they were still available, backed up by a paper portfolio from Bellingham Chart Printers (www.tidesend.com) - a good source for paper and electronic charts.
When are you heading south? I'm also heading down this fall, but the toughest part of my trip may be getting from here (PNW) to where you're at. I have to leave by the end of September (latest) to beat the early winter storms. My first stop will be San Diego (non-stop from probably Neah Bay) for visas and visit family.
Scot