"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

"Two Tangos - 38 degrees Northwest".

Now pardon me if I'm not looking at this properly, but wouldn't 38
degrees be NNE?

They can't be coming out of the Northwest at 38 degrees, it would 322
degrees right? and if they were facing Northwest, 38 degrees would be
North.

Sounds like they got their technical advice on the cheap, from someone with
a background in land surveying or some similar discipline. A surveyor would
describe an azimuth of 322* as "North 38* West". A compass azimuth of 038*
wuld be "North 38* East", etc., etc.