23.17 The Compass and Bearings at Sea
(See also: HELP SHIPS, HELP SAILING)
The compass for sea navigation has sixteen points. Winds may come from any of
those points, and ships may navigate towards any of those as well. The points
are also called bearings, or could be said as in 'bearing north-northeast'
for example.
N The 16 compass points in order clockwise from North:
nnw ^ nne
NW | NE North, North-northeast, Northeast, East-northeast
wnw | ene East, East-southeast, Southeast, South-southeast
W ---+--- E South, South-southwest, Southwest, West-southwest
wsw | ese West, West-northwest, Northwest, North-northwest
SW | SE
ssw v sse
S
(See also: HELP SHIPS)
