The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Buoyweather.com https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Sun, 31 May 2026 06:19:51 +0000 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:53:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=102308 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : I have used Buoyweather for years,...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466720&title=buoyweather-com#1466720 Author: BBFisha
Subject: 102308
Posted: 11 Jul 2014 at 4:53pm

I have used Buoyweather for years, mainly for surfing at first, but then more for fishing over the past couple of years.  It is my first go to, and then from there will look at other sites Windguru etc.  It has never let me down.
]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:53:41 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466720&title=buoyweather-com#1466720 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : thanks for that Chip&#039;n, nice...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466699&title=buoyweather-com#1466699 Author: Lethal
Subject: 102308
Posted: 11 Jul 2014 at 4:10pm

thanks for that Chip'n,
nice to see we have people that care about the service these Bouys give,
well done to that member of the public for reporting it.... ]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:10:04 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466699&title=buoyweather-com#1466699 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : I found our local one.http://w...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466692&title=buoyweather-com#1466692 Author: Chip'n
Subject: 102308
Posted: 11 Jul 2014 at 3:54pm

I found our local one.
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/76937-buoy-washes-up-near-papamoa.html

Buoy washes up near Papamoa

Posted at 3:07pm Friday 11 Jul, 2014

 9 1Google +0

Bay of Plenty Regional Council's wave buoy has broken loose and washed ashore on Papamoa Beach.

The buoy was found by a member of the public lying near the high tide line on Papamoa Beach early today.

 BOP Regional Council's wave buoy. 

Council staff have retrieved the buoy and will assess its condition over the coming days to determine when, or if, the buoy can be reattached and how much damage was sustained when it broke loose and was washed ashore.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Data Services Manager, Glenn Ellery, says it was the first time the buoy had broken free from its mooring since it was first put into operation in 2005.

“The buoy is normally attached to an elastic bungy-type mooring line allowing it to move up and down in the ocean in response to waves. The solar-powered buoy stopped communicating with us on Wednesday afternoon and at the time we had wave heights of six to seven metres, so it was pretty rough out there.

“We were fortunate to have it wash up where it did on a soft sandy beach. We were even more fortunate that a conscientious member of the public called it in as soon as they saw it. It has allowed us to retrieve the buoy and try and get it repaired and back in service,” says Glenn.

The live monitoring site at www.boprc.govt.nz is used widely by members of the public, in particular fishermen and surfers to check conditions before they head out. This means that there will be no live monitoring provided by the buoy for the coming weeks until the buoy has been assessed.

- See more at: http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/76937-buoy-washes-up-near-papamoa.html#sthash.bVnHHmI8.yXMUEQgo.dpuf
]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:54:00 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466692&title=buoyweather-com#1466692 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : Buoyweather for the west coast...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466024&title=buoyweather-com#1466024 Author: feeder
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 5:45pm

Buoyweather for the west coast is outstanding, I've been on it for pretty much since it first started, only twice in that time have I not been able to cross the bar at Kawhia when it said I should be able to, many times I have crossed the bar on buoy weather predictions when other sites have suggested I should not, to me it is my first go to weather site, but I always er on the side of caution.

Cheers

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:45:04 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1466024&title=buoyweather-com#1466024 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : I use buoy weather all the time...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465930&title=buoyweather-com#1465930 Author: mozz
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 12:13pm

I use buoy weather all the time as a guide, along with other websites. The bonus of a Buoyweather membership is you get fish track membership as well. I use fish track a lot!]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:13:44 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465930&title=buoyweather-com#1465930 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : i guess if we didn&#039;t have...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465927&title=buoyweather-com#1465927 Author: Lethal
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 11:49am

i guess if we didn't have these Wave Bouys around the country we wouldn't have recordings like this...

North of Wellsford, and at 9pm a wave buoy at Whangarei harbour recorded a rogue 21.96m wave. The buoy was showing a maximum wave height of 16.11m this morning.

Three boats sank at Opua and a pontoon next to the Opua wharf was damaged.

Gusts of up to 168kmh at Cape Reinga and 107kmh at Auckland's Sky Tower were recorded last night.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:49:25 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465927&title=buoyweather-com#1465927 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : Yo OffTheHook...I didn&#039;t...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465917&title=buoyweather-com#1465917 Author: Espresso
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 11:14am

Yo OffTheHook...I didn't find buoyweather any more accurate than swellmap and metvuw, of course we know the (in)accuracy or should I say generalisation of weather conditions by metservice.
]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:14:53 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465917&title=buoyweather-com#1465917 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : There are only a handful of actual...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465896&title=buoyweather-com#1465896 Author: mford
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 10:10am

There are only a handful of actual buoys in NZ, one in the bay of plenty.

http://monitoring.boprc.govt.nz/MonitoredSites/cgi-bin/hydwebserver.cgi/sites/details?site=241

A couple off Whangarei Harbour

http://www.northport.co.nz/node/1539

There used to be one off the Mokes, hasn't been there for a while.

There is one off Bank peninsula

http://ecan.govt.nz/services/online-services/monitoring/coastal-monitoring/wave-buoy/Pages/Default.aspx

There is one off Napier, but I'm not sure they plot/graph the data

http://ponlapp.napierport.co.nz/witswap/(S(011pq4nqze1v25kcknc0v3xe))/MobileWebForm1.aspx

Buoy weather uses virtual buoys around NZ, which probe a wave model rather than actually measure the waves. CDIP maintain a number of buoys, mainly around the west coast of the USA, Hawaii and a couple of the Pacific. None in NZ. They do produce some awesome plots though an integrate near real time data with forecasts.

http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?nav=recent&sub=observed&units=metric&tz=UTC&pub=public&map_stati=1,2,3
]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:10:35 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465896&title=buoyweather-com#1465896 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : Been using buoyweather for 10...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465895&title=buoyweather-com#1465895 Author: pirate
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 10:10am

Been using buoyweather for 10 years now, wouldnt be without it. ]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:10:05 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465895&title=buoyweather-com#1465895 <![CDATA[Buoyweather.com : Aha cheers for the info... will...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465890&title=buoyweather-com#1465890 Author: OffTheHook
Subject: 102308
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 9:55am

Aha cheers for the info... will stick with swell map and metvuw for now methinks]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:55:23 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102308&PID=1465890&title=buoyweather-com#1465890