The navigational and hydrographic support of off-shore structures foundations at Polish sea water areas

Navigational and hydrographic support of human activity at sea signifies simplifying or enabling execution of specific tasks or activities, using measures of navigation and nautical hydrography. Navigational and hydrographic support (NHZ) refers at present more commonly to the whole human activity at sea, i.e. both - to so-called "navigational" activity as navigation and close to it manners of activities - but also to "non-navigational" activity, called a "special activity" ; the one which covers exploration and exploitation of marine resources at sea-bottom, also the tasks performed by marine forces and similar assignments. In this paper there has been made an attempt of presenting the aims and assignments of navigational and hydrographic support, provided to secure special actions, especially these connected with planning, selecting locations, designing foundation and usage of hydraulic engineering off-shore structures, such as drilling platforms and wind power stations. The work comprises a considerably different from the previous one, new presentation of the navigational and hydrographic support of human activity at sea.