Natural and artificial changes—many of them critical—are occurring constantly. Shoals shift, channels change and buoys get move, just to name a few. Below are some examples that illustrate such changes. For more information about changes to your chart, visit http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/nm/nmUpdates.asp.


Channel Dredging — Before and After


Major Shoreline Reconstruction — Before and After


Subsurface Obstructions — Before and After


Marina Changes — Before and After
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeland Security designation of restricted security zones.

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There are three other restricted security zones across Florida and 42 across the U.S.