Your waters.Brought to light.
The official NOAA chart of the place you love, framed by hand, with every lighthouse, beacon and buoy flashing its real rhythm.
Starting at $299, based on frame size, LED configuration and custom programming. Start designing without an account.
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- lights on file, each with its own color and rhythm
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- official NOAA charts to draw your waters from
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- frame sizes, portrait or landscape
- One of one
- each chart is made once, for one place and one home
By day and by night
A true chart by day. Its lights by night.
Unlit, your chart is the official NOAA chart of your waters: soundings, channels, shoals and shorelines, printed edge to edge. Lit, every lighthouse, beacon and buoy glows in its exact position and color, flashing the rhythm mariners see from the water.
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San Carlos Bay & Sanibel Island Light · 20 × 16 in
The finished piece
Made by hand, to order
Each ChartGlo chart is made for one place and one home. You confirm every detail with us before we build it.
The frame
Choose a molding from the workshop’s frame collection. You see it around your own chart and confirm it before we build.
The printed chart
The official NOAA chart of your waters, printed edge to edge, with a title panel for your place name and a line of dedication.
The lights
Each lighted marker gets its own LED, carried by a fiber-optic strand to a pinhole in the print and programmed to its real color and rhythm. Add lights of your own, and control them from your phone with ChartGlo Connected.
Fourteen standard frame sizes from 8 × 10 to 24 × 36 in, including square and panoramic, portrait or landscape. Frame sizes and print details
How it works
From your waters to your wall
You choose the place and make it yours. Your ChartGlo designer takes it from there, and nothing is charged until you approve every detail.
- 01
Choose your waters
Outline the harbor, sound or anchorage you love on the live NOAA chart. No account needed, and you can save a private link at any time.
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Make it yours
Pick a frame size, add a title or a dedication, and mark places of your own, such as home or a favorite mooring.
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Request a free quote
Press Get a quote in the designer. There's no obligation. Price depends on the frame size and how many lights your chart has, and your designer replies within one business day.
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Approve every detail
Your designer confirms the size, markers and frame with you, then sends a proof of the finished design. Nothing is charged until you approve it.
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We make it by hand
Once your deposit is in, we print, light, program and frame your chart, usually in 4 to 6 weeks depending on size and how many lights it has. Follow each stage on your order page, with photos from the workshop.
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Hang it and switch it on
It arrives ready to hang, with an instruction manual, power cord and adapter, and a wall hanger. Control the lights from your phone with ChartGlo Connected, included with every chart.
- Starting at $299
- No account to start
- No-obligation quote
- Reply within 1 business day
- Nothing charged until you approve
- Ready in 4–6 weeks, typically
Reading the lights
Every light keeps its own rhythm
After dark, mariners tell lights apart by color and cadence. Where NOAA records a light’s exact sequence, your chart plays it back. Where it doesn’t, we build the rhythm from the published characteristic and mark it as estimated.
Sanibel Island Light
Two white flashes in a row, repeating every 6 seconds
Sequence recorded by NOAA
Boston North Channel Lighted Buoy 7
One green flash every 4 seconds
Sequence recorded by NOAA
Cape Henry Light
A white light spelling the letter U in Morse code (short-short-long) every 20 seconds
Sequence recorded by NOAA
Questions
Good to know
Charts and lights from NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, current to November 5, 2026.
Still have a question? Contact the workshop.
Do I need an account?
No. Anyone can design a chart and save a private link to it. To request a quote, just give us your name and email: we'll email you a link to confirm, and it keeps your quote, messages and approvals together in one place. No password needed, though you can set one later if you like.
What happens after I send my design?
Your ChartGlo designer replies within one business day. Together we confirm the size, the markers and the frame, and agree a price. Nothing is charged until you approve the details, and we start building once your deposit is in.
How much does a chart cost?
Charts start at $299. Every chart is made to order, so the price depends on the frame size, the LED configuration (how many lights, and which ones) and any custom programming, such as signature lights. Request a free, no-obligation quote with Get a quote in the designer, and we'll send you an exact price.
How long does it take?
Most charts are finished and shipped 4 to 6 weeks after you approve the design and your deposit is in. Larger frames and charts with many lights can take longer. If you need it by a date, such as a birthday or holiday, tell your designer and we'll say up front whether we can make it.
How do the lights work?
Each light on your chart has its own LED. A fine fiber-optic strand carries its light to a tiny hole drilled through the print at the light's exact position, so it shines as a small, crisp point, just as it looks from the water. The LEDs are programmed with each light's real color and rhythm.
What about markers that aren't lighted?
Buoys, daybeacons, wrecks and other unlighted markers are part of the printed NOAA chart, in their true positions and with their chart symbols. Normally only the markers that carry a light at sea get an LED, but you can light up the others too: under Light up unlit markers in step 3, tick a group (buoys, wrecks, green squares, red triangles and so on) and each glows steady in its own color. You can also choose to leave any light unlit.
What comes in the box?
Your framed, lighted chart, ready to hang, with an instruction manual, a power cord and adapter, and a wall hanger. ChartGlo Connected, for controlling the lights from your phone, is included.
Where do the chart and the lights come from?
The chart is NOAA's official chart display for the area you choose. The lights, beacons and buoys are decoded from NOAA's electronic navigational charts, which we refresh every week.
How accurate are the flash rhythms?
Where NOAA records the exact on/off sequence of a light, we use it. Where it doesn't, we build the rhythm from the published characteristic, such as Fl G 4s, and mark it as estimated in your marker list.
Which waters can I choose?
Any US waters NOAA charts: the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts, the Great Lakes, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Can I use a ChartGlo chart to navigate?
No. ChartGlo charts are decorative artwork. For navigation, use official NOAA charts and current Local Notices to Mariners.
The lights of New York Harbor, as they flash tonight
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