Buoyweather.com
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Topic: Buoyweather.com
Posted By: OffTheHook
Subject: Buoyweather.com
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 8:12pm
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Does anyone on here use this site? Just wondering if it is any more accurate than the other sites available before subscribing? Thanks
Kyle |
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 8:47pm
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Never tried that site Kyle I normally use Predictwind.com or http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/whangamata" rel="nofollow - http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/whangamata or metvuw obviously you can use your own location with windfinder but i have found it to be pretty accurate -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Tzer
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 9:29pm
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Kyle, I use it in conjuction with swellmap and find it just as accurate. I dont subscribe to it just use its free 2 day outlook |
Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 9:44pm
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I read somewhere swell map is based off buoy weather data. I thnk it's good. But then so is metvuw etc ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 10:13pm
Bouy weather is great for boats going wide as most of the wave bouys are wide of the coast the AK one is at the mokohinau islands, further North its out by the Poor knights.. just to give you an idea of were they get the info from.. ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: SaltyC
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 10:30pm
| I am pretty sure none of those bouys on Bouyweather actually exist, Lethal, they are all "virtual" . They are all predictions based on a computer model run on the same dataset that is also the basis for Metservices predictions, although Metservice and a lot of worst case obfuscation into their models. |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 10:44pm
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the above is a photo of the Bouy at the Moko's SaltyC, few rat Kings around it always... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: SaltyC
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 11:12pm
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Yep, that was originally placed by the Auckland Regional Council, I fact that picture shows if you click on the wave bouys link in the second to last paragraph on this Niwa Page [/URL =] https://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/coasts/research-projects/all/physical-hazards-affecting-coastal-margins-and-the-continental-shelf/news/waves[/URL] |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 1:58am
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interesting considering Bouyweather actually state they use the bouys for info... These NOAA/CDIP high tech weather instruments anchored out at sea provide valuable buoy data to the mariner. They give a glimpse of current ocean conditions by reporting the wind speeds and swell heights every hour via satellite. If you are lucky enough to have one nearby, a check of the local buoy report can alert you to unfavorable or life threatening ocean conditions. BuoyWeather provides a different way of looking at the buoy data. The buoy report pages emphasize graphs for easy trend analysis and adds a height and period derived surf forecast. One of the great uses for buoy reports is estimating surf along nearby shores. There are three pages of data for each NOAA buoy. http://www.buoyweather.com/info.jsp?id=21766" rel="nofollow - http://www.buoyweather.com/info.jsp?id=21766 ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: OffTheHook
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 9:55am
| Aha cheers for the info... will stick with swell map and metvuw for now methinks |
Posted By: pirate
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 10:10am
| Been using buoyweather for 10 years now, wouldnt be without it. |
Posted By: mford
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 10:10am
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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
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Posted By: Espresso
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 11:14am
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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. |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 11:49am
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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. ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: mozz
Date 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! |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 5:45pm
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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 ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: Chip'n
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2014 at 3:54pm
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I found our local one. http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/76937-buoy-washes-up-near-papamoa.html Buoy washes up near PapamoaPosted at 3:07pm Friday 11 Jul, 2014 9 1Google +0 http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/printer-friendly/76937-buoy-washes-up-near-papamoa.html" rel="nofollow -
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 http://bayofplentyregionalcouncil.cmail2.com/t/d-l-vdhyut-aidltklr-r/" rel="nofollow - 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. |
BOP Regional Council's wave buoy. Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2014 at 4:10pm
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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.... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: BBFisha
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2014 at 4:53pm
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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. |