Commandant (G-TTM)
U.S. Coast Guard              Updated:  21 April 1995
Washington DC 20593


National Weather Service Products on NAVTEX

NAVTEX         
STATION (ID)        NWS IDENTIFIER      MARINE AREA

Adak AK (X)         ANCCWFSNP      (AK marine areas 8,12a,12b,13)
                    ANCCWFSNP      (AK Pribilof Islands)
                    ANCOFFANC      (Gulf AK and Bering Sea)
                    ANCCWF064      (AK marine areas 5a,5b,6a,6b)
                    FAICWF066      (AK marine area 14)

Kodiak AK (J)       ANCCWF063      (AK marine areas 3a,3b,3c,4,4a)
                    ANCCWF064      (AK marine areas 5a,5b,6a,6b)
                    ANCOFFANC      (Gulf AK and Bering Sea)
                    ANCCWF062      (AK marine areas 2b,2c)
                    JNUCWF061      (AK marine areas 1b,2a)

Astoria OR (W)      SEAOFFSEA      (Offshore WA/OR, 60-250 mi)
                    PDXCWFPDX      (Coastal OR out 60 mi)
                    SEACWFSEA      (Coastal WA out 60 mi)
                    
San Francisco (C )  SFOOFFSFO      (Offshore CA, 60-250 mi)
                    SFOCWFSFO      (Coastal N. CA out 60 mi)
                    
Cambia CA  (Q)      SFOOFFSFO      (Offshore CA, 60-250 mi)
                    LAXCWFLAX      (Coastal S. CA out 60 mi)
                    SFOCWFSFO      (Coastal N. CA out 60 mi)

Marianas (V)        U.S. Navy Products

Honolulu HI (O)     HNLCWFHI       (HI waters out 100 mi)

New Orleans (G)     NEWOFFNEW      (Gulf of Mexico)
                    NEWCWFNEW      (Apalachicola to Port
                                    Arthur out 50 mi)
                    SATCWFSAT      (Port Arthur to Mexican 
                                    Border out 50 mi)

Miami FL (A)        MIAOFFMIA      (SW N. Atlantic and Caribbean)
                    MIACWFMIA      (Savannah to Apalachicola
                                    out 50 mi)

Portsmouth VA (N)   WBCOFFWBC      (Offshore Mid-Atlantic)
                    
Boston MA (F)       BOSOFFBOS      (Offshore New England)

San Juan PR (R)     MIAOFFMIA      (SW N. Atlantic and Caribbean)
                    SJUCWFSJU      (Puerto Rico and Virgin
                                    Islands out 20 mi)

Bermuda (B)         WBCOFFWBC      (Offshore Mid-Atlantic)
                    MIAOFFMIA      (SW N. Atlantic and Caribbean)


     Bermuda plans to include the NFDHSFAT1 (N. Atlantic High Seas)
in their NAVTEX broadcast soon.

     Because of severe information congestion problems at Miami and
New Orleans NAVTEX sites, only the following CWF basic marine areas
(defined by their Universal Generic Codes (UGC's)) are broadcast:               
Miami NAVTEX:

FLZ501         St. Augustine to Jupiter Inlet
FLZ502         Jupiter Inlet to Key Largo out to Bahama Bank
FLZ503         Key Largo to Dry Tortugas

New Orleans NAVTEX:

FLZ506         Apalachicola to Pensacola
ALZ501         Pensacola to Gulfport MS
LAZ501         Gulfport to Mississippi River
LAZ502         Mississippi River to Intracoastal City LA
LAZ503         I.C. LA to Port Arthur TX
TXZ511         Port Arthur to Port O'Connor TX

     
     (Information provided by the National Weather Service)

Note that the Coast Guard also broadcasts District Broadcast Notices
to Mariners, GPS and LORAN-C warnings, and search and rescue distress
relays over its NAVTEX stations.