diff --git a/changelog.d/1432-vessel-course-north.md b/changelog.d/1432-vessel-course-north.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d9e5845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1432-vessel-course-north.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Show a vessel course of 359.5° or more as 0°. Vessel cards and the AIS HUD
+  rounded the course without wrapping, so a ship with no reported heading on
+  a 359.7° course read "360°" and "HDG: 360DEG" (Aditya, @Rohilalala, #1432).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index cc5470296..24fda95a1 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -557,7 +557,9 @@ those reports arrive as 102.3 knots and 360 degrees. Both are stored as unknown,
 and vessel cards, the HUD and analyst queries show a missing measurement rather
 than a reading. Heading keeps its existing separate check for its own sentinel.
 Genuine readings are unchanged, including a stopped vessel's zero and the
-highest speed and course the fields can encode.
+highest speed and course the fields can encode. Vessel cards and the HUD wrap
+the direction after rounding to whole degrees, so a course of 359.5° or more
+reads `0°` (`0DEG` in the HUD) rather than `360°`.
 
 For an already tracked vessel, AISStream static messages update name, type,
 destination and IMO without changing its position, motion, fix timestamps,
diff --git a/src/data/aisLiveVessels.test.mjs b/src/data/aisLiveVessels.test.mjs
index 050bb0323..8e12bff94 100644
--- a/src/data/aisLiveVessels.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/aisLiveVessels.test.mjs
@@ -1321,6 +1321,27 @@ test('buildVesselCard: heading falls back to course; missing parts are omitted',
   assert.deepEqual(bare.details, []);
 });
 
+test('vessel cards read a course that rounds to north as 0°, not 360°', () => {
+  const card = (course) => buildVesselCard(makeRecord({ heading: null, course })).details[0];
+  assert.equal(card(359.4), 'CONTAINER SHIP · 14.5KT · 359°');
+  assert.equal(card(359.7), 'CONTAINER SHIP · 14.5KT · 0°');
+  assert.equal(
+    buildSelectedVesselCard(makeRecord({ heading: null, course: 359.7 })).details[0],
+    'CONTAINER SHIP · 14.5KT · 0°',
+  );
+});
+
+test('the vessel HUD reads a course that rounds to north as HDG 0DEG', () => {
+  const harness = installWireHarness(undefined, { selectedRecord: null });
+  try {
+    Object.assign(harness.record, { heading: null, course: 359.7 });
+    assert.equal(aisLiveVesselsLayer.selectById(harness.record.mmsi), true);
+    assert.match(harness.hud.readout.text, /HDG: 0DEG/);
+  } finally {
+    harness.cleanup();
+  }
+});
+
 test('buildVesselCard: unnamed vessels title as MMSI; long names truncate', () => {
   const unnamed = buildVesselCard(makeRecord({ name: 'VESSEL' }));
   assert.equal(unnamed.title, 'MMSI 353136000');
diff --git a/src/layers/vessels/cards.js b/src/layers/vessels/cards.js
index aa6f06717..2cab53ed1 100644
--- a/src/layers/vessels/cards.js
+++ b/src/layers/vessels/cards.js
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ export function createCards({
     if (record.speed !== null && record.speed !== undefined)
       parts.push(formatSpeed(record.speed));
     const direction = record.heading ?? record.course;
-    if (Number.isFinite(direction)) parts.push(`${Math.round(direction)}°`);
+    // A course of 359.5° and above rounds to north; modulo keeps it from
+    // printing 360°. The selected card and the HUD wrap the same way.
+    if (Number.isFinite(direction))
+      parts.push(`${Math.round(direction) % 360}°`);
     return {
       id: vesselOverlayEntryId(record),
       actionable: Boolean(record?.mmsi),
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ export function createCards({
       [
         vesselTypeShort(record) || t('VESSEL'),
         formatSpeed(record.speed),
-        Number.isFinite(direction) ? `${Math.round(direction)}°` : '--°',
+        Number.isFinite(direction) ? `${Math.round(direction) % 360}°` : '--°',
       ].join(' · '),
     ];
     const destination = String(record.destination || '').trim();
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ export function createCards({
 
   function formatHeading(heading) {
     return t('{heading}DEG', {
-      heading: Number.isFinite(heading) ? Math.round(heading) : '--',
+      heading: Number.isFinite(heading) ? Math.round(heading) % 360 : '--',
     });
   }