So i'm thinking about using more SST data this gamefishing season.

I've purchased a couple from OceanSST in the past (which were awesome), i see NIWA has subscriptions available for $50 a month and there's also some for free on swellmap.

What sites/subscriptions are people using and how have you found them??

We prodominantly fish the west coast from raglan port where southwesterlies and strong currents can alter temperatures by 2 degrees plus or minus on a daily basis. We ran the niwa package last season and apart from the days where cloud cover restricted the image,and I believe you would have this issue with any of the services, we found it very effective, I feel the swellmap range is just a bit to broard. One thing I would like to see Niwa do is change their lat and long lines to degrees and minutes rather than breaking the degree down into hundredths of a degree( almost have to carry a calculator to convert the marks to plot it onto the chart plotter). the package cost us 150 for 3 months(minimum deal) and then tacked another month onto it at the end for $50 if I recall correctly.

One thing about niwa that pissed me off last year was their dodgy coverage late december through mid january....maybe they were all on holiday but sometimes they didnt update for around a week.....that annoyed the crap out of me and I was only a pay per view customer......it was particularly frustrating last year as thats when we had a great bite in early jan.....if I was a subscriber and they did that I would be asking for a refund over those periods....pretty sure it wasnt a cloud cover issue as some of those days were cloudless

TM.... wrote: One thing about niwa that pissed me off last year was their dodgy coverage late december through mid january....maybe they were all on holiday but sometimes they didnt update for around a week.....that annoyed the crap out of me and I was only a pay per view customer......it was particularly frustrating last year as thats when we had a great bite in early jan.....if I was a subscriber and they did that I would be asking for a refund over those periods....pretty sure it wasnt a cloud cover issue as some of those days were cloudless

i will also add that the data will not update untill about 12pm-1pm on mon -fri and when i go out on any given morning i find myself going off yesterdays and if i go out monday morning i have to use fridays. is there a better option ?

TM.... wrote: One thing about niwa that pissed me off last year was their dodgy coverage late december through mid january....maybe they were all on holiday but sometimes they didnt update for around a week.....that annoyed the crap out of me and I was only a pay per view customer......it was particularly frustrating last year as thats when we had a great bite in early jan.....if I was a subscriber and they did that I would be asking for a refund over those periods....pretty sure it wasnt a cloud cover issue as some of those days were cloudless

bouy wether has just loaded a new feature to there site,they have 4 sst maps to compare data on,small monthly fees,current directions and everything else you will  need 

The niwa ones have been free this year ...

maxtarakihi wrote: I subscribed to fish track ,turned out to be $79 US which came up on my credit card as $120 NZ.I can't see any difference from the free bit.There is a pay monthly option which I thought I applied for but that didn't happen.Not sure it was worth it now.

NZTurtle wrote: Oceansst - can't beat it! Mange2 on here. Higher cost but better value. You will save it in fuel over 5 days

Thanks for the support.

It is to be used in development of the service.


Price point is reflective of the market.

But quality is my main focus.
There are a lot of weak points to be addressed.