The following list is a summary of my research into USCG and NOAA Weather, Licensing and Navigation. These are links to information that I use and recommend to students of sailing:
USCG Navigation Center website for ENC Charts, Coast Pilot, Light Lists, Notices to Mariners:
Information about Nautical Publications: Maritime Safety Information
NOAA, Office of Chart Survey: NOAA Custom Chart Version 1.2, ENC Viewer https://devgis.charttools.noaa.gov/pod/
ENC Charts for US: to download the latest
https://charts.noaa.gov/ENCs/ENCs.shtml
Navigation Center, US Coast Guard: NavCen, consolidated site for all USCG documents
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
Light Lists – NAVCEN:
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightLists
Coast Pilot Series:
https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html
Coast Pilot for CA Coast in PDF:
https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/files/cp7/CPB7_WEB.pdf
US Chart No. 1: Chart Symbols
https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/us-chart-1.html
Coast Guard Vessel Documentation, Registration of EPRIB, MMSI#:
Coast Guard Sector SF: VTS, Vessel Traffic Service, Channel 14
https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/vtssf/files/
USCG/DHS National Maritime Center: Licenses, Exams, medical certificates:
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/national_maritime_center/
National Vessel Documentation Center:
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Deputy-for-Operations-Policy-and-Capabilities-DCO-D/National-Vessel-Documentation-Center/
NOAA EPRIB Registration:
https://beaconregistration.noaa.gov/RGDB/index
EPRIB Beacon Owner Homepage, to update Registration:
https://beaconregistration.noaa.gov/RGDB/BeaconOwner/dashboard.xhtml
FCC MMSI# Registration:
https://www.fcc.gov/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/ship-radio-stations
Generic Resources: AIS Vessel Traffic, Beaufort Wind Scale, Bouys, King Tides, Ocean Facts:
Marine Traffic Vessel AIS viewer:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home
Beaufort Wind Scale:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html
NOAA – National Data Bouy Center: Radial Search – Data
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?
TAO – Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array: El Nino and La Nina
https://tao.ndbc.noaa.gov/proj_overview/proj_overview_ndbc.shtml
NOS Facts: What is a King Tide? (Perigrean-Spring Tides)
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/perigean-spring-tide.html
NOS – National Ocean Service: Ocean Facts
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/about/