SEA AREAS
UK Shipping Forecast and Storm Warnings
High Seas Forecast - Metarea 1 Metarea 2
GMDSS World Shipping Forecasts
Live European Navtex
INSHORE
BBC Sea and Coastal Waters
Metcheck Inshore Forecast
Met.Office Inshore Waters
Met.Eireann Inshore Waters
WeatherWeb Sailing Forecasts
AccuWeather Inshore Forecast
SURFING
Magic Seaweed 6 day
Metcheck Surfing forecast
Wind Guru 3 Day Forecast
BBC Surf forecast only covers Great Britain
Ocean Weather Current Wave height with animation
For more wave heights and WW3 models, check out the Weather Charts page.
TIDES
Yearly tide tables by Xtide
UKHO 7 day Tide Tables
14 Day Tides from YBW.com
OBSERVATIONS
NOAA Buoy data
Weather Underground UK Buoy Observations
Met. Eirann Buoys
BBC Coastal Observations
SST
Met.Office Sea Surface Temperature for UK
WUnderground Sea Surface Temperature for Europe
Windfinder Sea Surface Temperature for Europe
Irish Sea Surface Temperatures by Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory
GLOBAL GRIBs
GRIB files are weather data files containing grided meteorological data. They require a GRIB file viewer to view the weather data (See FREEWARE below). They are used to distribute weather information (usually mean wind speed and isobars) benefiting from a small file size for transfering over the internet.
SailDocs GRIB data 14 day subscription (e-mail query (at) saildocs.com 4 more info) 1 degree resolution to 7 days at 6hr intervals 25Kb
GlobalMarine Wave Watch 3 GRIB 7 day forecast UPDATED
Raymarine 3 day forecasts 1 degree resolution to 3 days at 6hr intervals 100Kb
GRIB dot US free to register GRIB downloader and viewer software. 1/2 degree resolution to 7 days in 3hr intervals with wind speed, isobars and rainfall. Highly recommended.
Synoptic, Wind and Wave Charts
All are listed on the Weather Charts page
FREEWARE
GRIB file downloader and viewer in one by GRIB.US
GRIB viewer Raytech Navigator
GRIB viewer ViewFax from SailMail (Requires you to create a folder to install the program into) Highly recommended
SeaLights Night Navigation Simulation Software
LINKS
UK Sail.com
Frank Singleton's weather for Sailors
Ant Veal's Great Britisah weather Links
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