Forecast

[Ed Nye]

This, if correct, is a good site,

http://www.intellicast.com/Sail/

Ed

[Ed Nye]

This, if correct, is a good site,

http://www.intellicast.com/Sail/

Ed

[Ed Nye]

This, if correct, is a good site,

http://www.intellicast.com/Sail/

Ed

[John E Hardiman]

Ed;

I don't know about you, but I worry about a sailing wind/wave map that shows mostly land. For real deep water sailing, try the following sites. (note: some data at these sites is restricted to approved users.)

For the first site, NAVPACMETOCCEN, click on a star on the world map to get
to other regional forcasts. A lot of info here but no archives.

http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/ <http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/>

The second site, Scripps, has links to lots of wave models, but requires
JavaScript to get the most out of them.
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wams.html
<http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wams.html>

The standard National Data Buoy Center site. A lot of historical data in
here.

http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/ <http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/>

Have fun

[John E Hardiman]

Ed;

I don't know about you, but I worry about a sailing wind/wave map that shows mostly land. For real deep water sailing, try the following sites. (note: some data at these sites is restricted to approved users.)

For the first site, NAVPACMETOCCEN, click on a star on the world map to get
to other regional forcasts. A lot of info here but no archives.

http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/ <http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/>

The second site, Scripps, has links to lots of wave models, but requires
JavaScript to get the most out of them.
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wams.html
<http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wams.html>

The standard National Data Buoy Center site. A lot of historical data in
here.

http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/ <http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/>

Have fun

[John E Hardiman]

Ed;

I don't know about you, but I worry about a sailing wind/wave map that shows mostly land. For real deep water sailing, try the following sites. (note: some data at these sites is restricted to approved users.)

For the first site, NAVPACMETOCCEN, click on a star on the world map to get
to other regional forcasts. A lot of info here but no archives.

http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/ <http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/>

The second site, Scripps, has links to lots of wave models, but requires
JavaScript to get the most out of them.
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wams.html
<http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wams.html>

The standard National Data Buoy Center site. A lot of historical data in
here.

http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/ <http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/>

Have fun

[David Tabor (sailordave)]

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/wrdoffmz.htm

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm

http://ndbc.noaa.gov

Here are some REAL good links

[David Tabor (sailordave)]

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/wrdoffmz.htm

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm

http://ndbc.noaa.gov

Here are some REAL good links

[David Tabor (sailordave)]

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/wrdoffmz.htm

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm

http://ndbc.noaa.gov

Here are some REAL good links

[Pete Dorr]

John: I'm sure the folks who live between the coasts disagree with your dismissal based on the amount of land shown ;)

I use http://www.iwindsurf.com. Most of the wind meters and forcasting are part of the pay service but some are free. I think it would be useful to a lot of people and there is a free trial so see for yourself.

[Pete Dorr]

John: I'm sure the folks who live between the coasts disagree with your dismissal based on the amount of land shown ;)

I use http://www.iwindsurf.com. Most of the wind meters and forcasting are part of the pay service but some are free. I think it would be useful to a lot of people and there is a free trial so see for yourself.

[Pete Dorr]

John: I'm sure the folks who live between the coasts disagree with your dismissal based on the amount of land shown ;)

I use http://www.iwindsurf.com. Most of the wind meters and forcasting are part of the pay service but some are free. I think it would be useful to a lot of people and there is a free trial so see for yourself.

[John E Hardiman]

Originally posted by Pete Dorr:
John: I'm sure the folks who live between the coasts disagree with your dismissal based on the amount of land shown ;) Pete is correct and I apoligize if I offended anyone.

It has been my experience, what with sailing in school on Long Island and in Michigan, and on San Francisco Bay later, most inland sailing requires a lot of local knowlwdge and some little notebooks espoused by Dr. Walker. Maybe there are some forcast/hindcast models out there for the "middle coast", but I'm not aware of any (but then I'm not keeping track).

I know that for the "big water" there has been a lot of money dumped into forcast/hindcast wind and wave/swell models using satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and data buoys. the SOCAL Bight model is very good and is driven by a group of hard core surfers at Scripps who use a collection buoy off Pt. Conception to predict the surf off La Jolla 3-4 hours later so they can decide in the morning wether to take the afternoon off and go riding ;) .

[John E Hardiman]

Originally posted by Pete Dorr:
John: I'm sure the folks who live between the coasts disagree with your dismissal based on the amount of land shown ;) Pete is correct and I apoligize if I offended anyone.

It has been my experience, what with sailing in school on Long Island and in Michigan, and on San Francisco Bay later, most inland sailing requires a lot of local knowlwdge and some little notebooks espoused by Dr. Walker. Maybe there are some forcast/hindcast models out there for the "middle coast", but I'm not aware of any (but then I'm not keeping track).

I know that for the "big water" there has been a lot of money dumped into forcast/hindcast wind and wave/swell models using satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and data buoys. the SOCAL Bight model is very good and is driven by a group of hard core surfers at Scripps who use a collection buoy off Pt. Conception to predict the surf off La Jolla 3-4 hours later so they can decide in the morning wether to take the afternoon off and go riding ;) .

[John E Hardiman]

Originally posted by Pete Dorr:
John: I'm sure the folks who live between the coasts disagree with your dismissal based on the amount of land shown ;) Pete is correct and I apoligize if I offended anyone.

It has been my experience, what with sailing in school on Long Island and in Michigan, and on San Francisco Bay later, most inland sailing requires a lot of local knowlwdge and some little notebooks espoused by Dr. Walker. Maybe there are some forcast/hindcast models out there for the "middle coast", but I'm not aware of any (but then I'm not keeping track).

I know that for the "big water" there has been a lot of money dumped into forcast/hindcast wind and wave/swell models using satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and data buoys. the SOCAL Bight model is very good and is driven by a group of hard core surfers at Scripps who use a collection buoy off Pt. Conception to predict the surf off La Jolla 3-4 hours later so they can decide in the morning wether to take the afternoon off and go riding ;) .