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Topic: The best Wave and wind forecast site or app for kayaking.  (Read 3278 times)

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Any suggestions for the best wave and wind forecast site or app for kayaking?


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Mainly looking for one that covers Santa Cruz to Pacific Grove


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Not an app, but I still rely on the NOAA point & click site. It's generally accurate--and you can click on a specific spot to get a precise forecast...instead of a general regional forecast. Click on the Monterey Bay region, then click on the Santa cruz area for example.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/
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I use the FishWeather app. You can look at each station and get real time and forecasted weather.


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These are what I use for Santa Cruz / Monterey forecasts:

For Wind:
WindAlert: http://windalert.com/map#36.974,-122.031,10,1,!966,1

For Swell:
SolSpot: http://solspot.com/santa-cruz-county-7-day-detailed-swell-forecast/

General Weather:
http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:95061.1.99999?sp=KCASANTA360

And sometimes I view NOAA, but usually only trust it a day or two before:
NOAA: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-122.00597&lat=36.94896
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When using the Weather.gov MapClick site at the lower right there is the "Hourly Weather Graph" it shows the point forecast on an hourly basis 6 days out.

I find it surprisingly accurate (but it is just a forecast) and like all forecasts the shorter the time frame the more accurate.

And never trust a forecast completely.



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I use magicseaweed, windfinder, fishweather, tides4fishing, NOAA, and predictwind to compare.

So far, predictwind compares all those mentioned. Good to hav

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Tides4fishing.com and iWindsurf app
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I use windy.com and their app on my phone. Not sure about wave accuracy but its a pretty handy app and looks pretty sweet too!
https://www.windy.com/?36.781,-121.861,11


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I use windy.com and their app on my phone. Not sure about wave accuracy but its a pretty handy app and looks pretty sweet too!
https://www.windy.com/?36.781,-121.861,11
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Does anyone know of an online fog forecast?  Generally this time of year, if the forecast calls for cloudy all day, I assume fog, but a predictive online tool would be nice.


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Not an app, but I still rely on the NOAA point & click site. It's generally accurate--and you can click on a specific spot to get a precise forecast...instead of a general regional forecast. Click on the Monterey Bay region, then click on the Santa cruz area for example.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/

+1 for the NOAA site - the point forecasts are surprisingly helpful to see what Stillwater Cove might look like compared to MBK, for example.

I also check swellinfo when going out of HMB, since I've had good luck with the accuracy of their swell predictor at this location and wind is pretty good too.
https://www.swellinfo.com/surf-forecast/half-moon-bay-california


 

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