This is a technical post! It describes a set of 450+ waypoints extracted from the Western Australian Cruising Guide (WACG). The image below shows the anchorage locations overall. The WACG covers WA with lesser coverage of western NT and western SA. It is the WA cruising 'bible'.
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| Overall Coverage |
The WACG is freely available to download here in either ePub or PDF formats. It has been published by the Cruising Section of Fremantle Sailing Club since 1997. I have compiled the waypoints from the v5.5 2025 edition.
This set of waypoints is not intended to be a 100% WACG set but I believe it covers 95% or more. Some waypoints described as 'desperation' anchorages are deliberately omitted. Likewise some public moorings.
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| WACG Front Cover |
As for our New Zealand waypoints, three sets of data are present. First three GPX files of waypoints (NT, WA & SA) created in OpenCPN. The waypoints include anchorages, moorings and marinas. Second a single zip file of KAP satcharts for most of the waypoints. Third a single KMZ file for use in GoogleEarth.
Below are three GoogleEarth screenshots showing the Kimberley, Pilbara and West/South coast waypoints...
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| Kimberley |
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| Pilbara Region |
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| West & South Coasts |
Every waypoint includes the WACG v5.5 PDF page number in its description field. The ScaleMin parameter is set on most GPX waypoints. This prevents dense sets of waypoints obscuring the underlying charts. Zoom in to areas of interest to see all waypoints. The screenshots above show all waypoints.
The accuracy of these waypoints has NOT been verified.
NOT for use in navigation!
The GPX files may be downloaded here.
The three files are named "ZenAgain_Waypoints_Australia_??.gpx".
Each file should be added to OpenCPN as a 'layer'.
The KAP zip file may be downloaded here.
The file is named "Australasia_Australia.zip".
Unzip the file then place the files in a folder searched by OpenCPN for charts.
The KMZ file may be downloaded here.
The file is named "ZenAgain_Waypoints_WACG.kmz".
Load the file in either the Google Earth Pro app or its online equivalent.
Here is a short video tour of WACG waypoints - from Darwin to Port Lincoln via Broome, Exmouth, Fremantle, Augusta and Esperance...
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