Overview

The Garmin BlueChart g3 Vision HD VUS014R is an electronic chart set covering the U.S. Gulf Coast from Morgan City, Louisiana to Brownsville, Texas, including Atchafalaya Bay, Port Arthur, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, and Padre Island.

It adds planning and situational-awareness layers that help when you are threading channels, working along the ICW, or running unfamiliar approaches. In supported areas, you get up to 1-foot contours, depth range shading, shallow water shading, high-resolution relief shading, and 3D views.

This is cartography only. Your chartplotter does the displaying and routing, so compatibility with your Garmin unit matters as much as the coverage area.

Key features

• Coverage region: Atchafalaya Bay to Brownsville, including Port Arthur, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, and Padre Island.
• Auto Guidance uses your desired depth and overhead clearance to calculate a suggested route and path.
• Depth Range Shading for up to 10 depth ranges plus Shallow Water Shading at a user-defined depth.
• Up to 1-foot contours in select areas for tighter bottom detail around structure, flats, and channels.
• High-resolution relief shading in select areas to make bottom shape easier to read at a glance.
• MarinerEye and FishEye 3D perspectives for an intuitive view above and below the waterline.
• Satellite imagery overlays and aerial photography available for many ports, harbors, and marinas.
• Two delivery formats: preprogrammed microSD/SD card or a download you load using Garmin Express.

Variants

This chart is offered in two delivery formats.

Both versions cover the same VUS014R region; what changes is whether you receive a preprogrammed card or load the charts from a download.

• 010-C0715-00: Format microSD/SD. Insert the card into a compatible chartplotter and select the chart layer in the chart menu.
• 010-D0474-00: Format Download. Download through Garmin Express and load the chart data onto a compatible microSD/SD card.

Compatibility and fit

BlueChart g3 Vision HD charts are made for compatible Garmin chartplotters that support BlueChart g3 Vision cartography. Confirm your unit supports this chart format and that you have an available microSD/SD card slot (or the correct adapter for your plotter) for the format you plan to use.

On open boats and exposed helms, keep the card slot area dry and clean. Salt spray and grit around the card door can cause read issues over time.

Installation and setup

For the card format, power the plotter off, insert the microSD/SD card, then restart and choose the chart from the chart settings. For the download format, use Garmin Express to place the charts on a microSD/SD card, then insert that card into the chartplotter.

Auto Guidance routing depends on the safety settings you enter, including depth and overhead clearance. Set these conservatively, and treat the suggested path as a planning aid alongside your normal navigation practices.

Who it suits

This coverage is a strong match for boats running the Louisiana and Texas Gulf coast, including anglers working bays and nearshore structure and cruisers hopping between ports along coastal and ICW routes.