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Planning an Alaska cruising adventure? Make sure you have the right guides aboard before you leave the dock.
Alaska offers some of the most spectacular cruising in the world—from the Inside Passage and Southeast Alaska to remote waterways, dramatic fjords, glaciers, and coastal communities. But cruising these waters also requires careful planning, reliable navigation information, and up-to-date reference materials.
At Captain's Nautical, we carry a selection of cruising guides, navigation references, tide publications, and Alaska travel guides to help boaters prepare for their journey.
Here are some of our recommended Alaska resources.
The 2026 Waggoner Cruising Guide is an excellent resource for boaters exploring the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The latest edition contains 528 pages of cruising information, more than 300 detailed maps and dock diagrams, information on 500+ marinas and marine parks, and more than 780 anchorages.
It's particularly useful for trip planning, marina research, anchorage information, and getting familiar with the cruising areas before you arrive.
Great for:
Inside Passage cruising
Southeast Alaska
Marina and anchorage planning
Pacific Northwest voyages
First-time Alaska cruisers
If your route takes you into Southeast Alaska and the northern British Columbia coast, the 2026 Ports and Passes Volume 2 is an important resource to have aboard.
Volume 2 covers Outside Waters, Southeast Alaska, the Northern B.C. Coast, Haida Gwaii, Juan de Fuca, and the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
For boaters traveling through the Inside Passage, having regional information about ports, passages, tides, and currents can be an important part of voyage preparation.
Great for:
Southeast Alaska
Inside Passage routes
Northern British Columbia
Haida Gwaii
West Coast of Vancouver Island
For mariners looking for detailed navigation information for Southeast Alaska, 2026 Coast Pilot 8 is another key reference.
Coast Pilot 8 covers the Alaska coastline from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer and provides supplemental information to accompany nautical charts. The current 2026 edition includes updated information concerning channels, anchorages, bridge and cable clearances, and other navigation details.
Whether you're a recreational boater, professional mariner, commercial fisherman, charter operator, or cruising sailor, Coast Pilot 8 provides valuable supplemental information for navigating Southeast Alaska.
Great for:
Southeast Alaska navigation
Inside Passage planning
Professional mariners
Recreational cruising
Use alongside nautical charts
Alaska cruising means paying close attention to tides and currents. Captain's Nautical also carries several Alaska-specific tide and current publications.
Our Alaska collection includes the 2026 Alaskan Supplement to Tide Tables, 2026 Tide Tables & Dot's Fishing Guide – Southeast Alaska, 2026 Tide Tables & Dot's Fishing Guide – Central Alaska, and the 2026 Capt'n Jack's Bristol Bay Tide & Current Almanac.
These publications can be useful additions to your onboard navigation library, depending on the area you're visiting.
For travelers wanting a broader overview of the Inside Passage, the Alaska & Canada's INSIDE PASSAGE Cruise Tour Guide combines a guidebook with a large fold-out map.
The six-foot fold-out map provides a visual way to explore the Inside Passage and plan your trip before you head north.
It's a useful resource for getting a big-picture view of the region and the destinations along the route.
Planning an adventure that extends beyond the Inside Passage?
The Canada's Yukon & South Central Alaska Cruise Tour Guide covers destinations farther into Alaska and the Yukon. It includes seven large color maps covering areas such as Prince William Sound, the Glacier Route, Denali National Park, and Kodiak Island.
This guide is especially useful for travelers combining their Alaska boating adventure with land-based exploration.
There isn't necessarily one book that covers everything you'll need for an Alaska voyage. A well-rounded onboard library can combine cruising guides, Coast Pilots, tide and current publications, charts, and regional travel guides.
For example, a Southeast Alaska trip could benefit from combining:
2026 Waggoner Cruising Guide
2026 Ports and Passes Volume 2
2026 Coast Pilot 8
Alaska tide and current publications
Together, these resources provide different types of information to help with trip planning and navigation.
Whether you're planning an Inside Passage cruise, exploring Southeast Alaska, heading toward Prince William Sound, or simply dreaming about your next northern adventure, Captain's Nautical has Alaska cruising and navigation resources to help you prepare.
Explore our Alaska collection and find the guides, charts, tide publications, and nautical books for your next adventure.
Cruise. Navigate. Explore.
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At Captain's Nautical, we offer a wide selection of Marine Education Textbooks (MET) designed to support maritime students, professional mariners, engineers, deck officers, oilers, and others pursuing careers in the marine industry.
At Captain’s Nautical, we understand that nautical publications are more than books and charts. They are important tools that support navigation, education, voyage planning, and safety at sea.
Our history as an authorized publisher since 1995 is something we're proud of—and it's a commitment we continue to carry forward.
A new semester is on the horizon, and there's no better time to prepare for success.
At Captain's Nautical, we've expanded our collection of Digital eBooks to help you study smarter, save space, and access the resources you need—anytime, anywhere.
Whether you're studying navigation, Rules of the Road, chartwork, seamanship, Coast Pilots, Bowditch, or other essential maritime subjects, our growing physical and digital collection is designed to help you stay prepared throughout the semester.
