AUS 817 - Great Sandy Strait and Hervey Bay Nautical Chart

AUS 817 — Great Sandy Strait & Hervey Bay, QLD Nautical Chart

For skippers, fishers, and coastal cruisers working Fraser Island’s sheltered waters and banks

Navigate the channels, banks and leads of Great Sandy Strait and the open waters of Hervey Bay with confidence. AUS 817 provides clear coastal coverage at 1:150,000 on a Mercator projection—ideal for planning tidal windows, shaping inshore tracks, and cueing approach notes into the Great Sandy region.

Why skippers choose this chart

• 🧭 Made for coastal & inshore runs — Main sheet at 1:150,000 for bay-wide context and strait transits.

• 🌊 Tidal-channel awareness — Helpful for reading shoals, sandbanks and narrow leads through the Strait.

• 🗺️ Mercator projection — Straightforward rhumb-line plotting and GPS cross-checks.

• 📍 Exact bounds — All four limits listed for quick position checks (see below).

• 🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Writeable laminate front face for chart-correction pencils.

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

Coverage

• Main Chart — AUS 817: Australia East Coast · Queensland · Great Sandy Strait and Hervey Bay

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

  • Bounds: N 24°25.00′ S · S 25°57.20′ S · E 153°23.20′ E · W 152°23.80′ E

  • Publication: 13-Jan-1967 · Latest Edition: 20-Aug-2021

Premium materials & finishes

• Paper (120 gsm matte) — Crisp, flexible and chart-table friendly; ideal under nav-station glass.

• Laminated (soft-matte front / gloss back, edge-sealed) — Low-glare, writeable face for notes and corrections; gloss back adds rigidity and wipes clean.

On-board & ashore use

• 🧭 Passage planning — Pre-plot coastal legs, tide windows and contingencies.

• 📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance layout for pilotage notes and waypoint checks.

• 🛠️ Marina/club display — Durable laminated option for noticeboards and training rooms.

• 🎁 Gift for skippers — Practical, good-looking chart for locals and visiting cruisers.

Specifications

Important note (mariner’s guidance)

This product is ideal for planning, briefing, education, and display. For underway navigation—especially in tidal channels and over shifting banks—always carry and consult the latest official hydrographic chart or approved ECDIS and current Notices to Mariners. Local conditions and aids may change.

Ready to work Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait?

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