NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing Zone => General Fishing Tips => Topic started by: mooch on September 28, 2005, 11:57:55 AM
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Posted by Chuck:
http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/californiasites.html#francisco
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That is my favorite tide site as well.
For weather, I just use the NOAA site.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/west/mtrmz.htm
Pat
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posted by jmairey:
http://www.blakestah.com/surf/
http://cdip.ucsd.edu/recent/model_images/monterey.png
http://cdip.ucsd.edu/recent/model_images/sf.png
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posted by: Erik / KzReelRods
http://www.iwindsurf.com/
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Found this article to be very interesting about the San Francisco/ Golden Gate Entry/Exit
http://www.coastsidefishingclub.com/?q=node/12
JD
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Sorry but it's been a long week.
:smt021 http://www.tide.com/
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http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/northcalifornia.php
-Allen
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Yea John is right right really shouldn't but I will escape to Lake Sonoma on Sun. morning and troll for Steelhead for awhile then fish for smallies. Then back to the grindstone. :shaking2:
Sean if you read this any comments on the landlocked Steelhead in Sonoma?
And Mooch no I'm not but should be.
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This is a wind map for monterey bay.
The flag end points into the wind for some reason.
One thing to note is the
http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/wx/latest_mbay.gif
way the salinas river valley works. Sometimes, when the high is over land the wind blows out of the valley and blows out to sea at moss landing. Good for surfing, probably not great for kayaking!
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http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/abglance.html
I can't believe I didn't see this here! Maybe I missed it...
Abalone dinner tomorrow~ :smt003
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I like to use www.surfpulse.com.
It usually gives a good comprehensive report on wave height, wind swell, wind, swell, and of course tides. Being that it is a Surf site unless you are used to the conversions for the Bay it won't help much. I have found it extremely accurate. The key is that it has a swell forcast for 5 days and an extended outlook.
Also a shark encouter page for Jmairey
Jason
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I use surfpulse these days too, since my favorite forecaster, Dave Blake moved to Augusta Georgia to head up
a research lab there. Gioni P. took over, nothing against him, but da blakestah is irreplaceble.
jason, I hope I get a chance to fish lindamar with you and your muscles this year.
since I can't out run you or decoy you with beers either I'll try to be real nice! :smt003
regarding sharks:
since you lived there your whole life, maybe you are familiar with the one recorded attack @ linda mar:
case 90 - Don Berry
On Friday, 12 March 1993, free-diving spear fisherman Don Berry, age 55, was attacked by a White Shark
some 125m from shore at Linda Mar Beach near Point San Pedro, close to montara, CA (37d35.8mN; 122d31.2mW).
(basically it hit his fin, he stuck it with his spear, it left but the holes in the fin were confirmed to be GWS tooth holes)
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It may be almost two years since the last post on this thread, but I don't see either of these mentioned:
My favourite surf forecast site, very detailed and hasn't let me down yet. Link is for Mavericks but has forecasts for everywhere useful (be careful, units are metric!).
http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Mavericks.1to3.shtml (http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Mavericks.1to3.shtml)
Also, SF Bay winds: http://windandtides.com/ (http://windandtides.com/)
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http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,12453.0.html
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,11212.0.html
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I use several for surf, marine weather, and weather. But mostly, I use Surfline.com for surf reports. I use NOAA for marine weather and weather as well as Weather Underground (it has many localized stations that give real time reports. For tides I use http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html You can customize what you want to see...tides, sunrise, sunset,.... Then you can print it out or I like to download it to my PDA.
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Here is a couple of good ones:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/ (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/)
http://www.magicseaweed.com (http://www.magicseaweed.com)
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http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,15544.0.html
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http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/images/cnrfc/tides/2009tides_north.pdf
Keep in mind you gotta account for how much water is coming down the Sac
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I guess this one will also work along with Seabreeze link too.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/west/westmz.htm (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/west/westmz.htm)
And I guess you could use these last two links.
http://swellwatch.wetsand.com/#place=30.715201644740844_-111.575195_7_1420_height_none_Sat_-1 (http://swellwatch.wetsand.com/#place=30.715201644740844_-111.575195_7_1420_height_none_Sat_-1)
Choose your region with this link.
http://www.wetsandsurfshop.com/category-directory.asp?locationid=2&tabid=0&subtabid=0&catid=1441&prodid=0&resourceid= (http://www.wetsandsurfshop.com/category-directory.asp?locationid=2&tabid=0&subtabid=0&catid=1441&prodid=0&resourceid=)
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didn't see it here, but swellinfo.com has been right on the money last 3 dives I've gone...i use the ft. Bragg area... shows tides and alot more...its a surfer forecasting site...
Mike...
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my favorite site right now is surfline - i like the near shore swell tracking model - here's a link to ocena beach - lots to explore on their site - i'm still finding new useful info for different area
http://www.surfline.com/surfline/forecasts4/forecast_mo.cfm?alias=cencal&county=oceanbeach
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www.windfinder.com is great for tides inside the SF Bay. Has Alameda and Crissy Fields on there. Check it out.
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For the central coast these are the best sites.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/loxMarineLoop.php
http://www.tenera.com/weather/
The Tenera site is especially good because it is strictly an inshore forecast and he is never wrong. Only drawback is it is only updated monday through friday.
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http://www.wetsand.com/
Great surf and wind forcasts
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My favorite:
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/
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Simplicity is key and have found this site to be on target all the time:
http://swellwatch.wetsand.com/#place=36.630958008194106_-121.95854199999998_11_1536_height_Buoy_Ter_-1
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Simplicity is key and have found this site to be on target all the time:
http://swellwatch.wetsand.com/#place=36.630958008194106_-121.95854199999998_11_1536_height_Buoy_Ter_-1
Thats a sweet site...thx :smt001
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I love this app. It does tides, weather and river levels. It is not free :smt010, only cost me $5 bucks when I downloaded it, but worth it. I don't usually spam for other companies, this one is worth spending the money to buy. (plus the icon looks cool on your screen :smt003)
http://www.fishheadapp.com/ (http://www.fishheadapp.com/)
(http://www.fishheadapp.com/images/index.jpg)
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does it give wind and swell data for the ocean ?
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Not yet
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NOAA Buoy data reader, it's an iPhone app
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This site is really good, especially the radar images:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/radar_tab.php (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/radar_tab.php)
This one may be on 1st page, but it is good too:
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ (http://www.goes.noaa.gov/)
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http://www.sanjosebass.com/forums/delta-tides-the-easy-way-3607.html?sid=85b3c6fcd5c3d557b88313b09c67a5f1 (http://www.sanjosebass.com/forums/delta-tides-the-easy-way-3607.html?sid=85b3c6fcd5c3d557b88313b09c67a5f1)
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Awesome! I should have known. I thought i might have something to offer, but all the ones i love have been posted, and instead i gained some knowledge. I am quickly learning how great a resource the is the NCKA is!
My Favorites:
NOAA Eureka (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/eka/ (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/eka/))
GARLIC (http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/abglance.html (http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/abglance.html))
CDIP (http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?&nav=recent&sub=observed (http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?&nav=recent&sub=observed))
SWELLWATCH (http://forecasts.surfingmagazine.com/ (http://forecasts.surfingmagazine.com/))
SALTWATER TIDES (http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/marylandsites.html (http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/marylandsites.html))
As a diver who has been using it for 8 years, i can offer a little bit of user knowledge with the NOAA site. It has good pinpoint weather if you pick an inland spot.
Also, the newer point forecast for the nearshore waters is usefull, but not perfect, so it will lower swell forcasts for areas protected from the general swell direction, but generalizes and so missed some local factors. To be safe i would err on the side of the biggest. It will give you a forecast 5 full days out, but i find that far out it is usually wrong. I feel more comfortable around 72 hours, and that increases exponentially as it approches the current forecast. I live in Sac, so use it to judge whether i will be fishing/diving, or just camping/drinking :smt002 With the final judge being my gut while sitting on the bluff.
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Forecast:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMTR.html (http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMTR.html)
Monterey buoy:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46042 (http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46042)
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Salt Point
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.49981784551419&lon=-123.24840545654297&site=mtr&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=marine (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.49981784551419&lon=-123.24840545654297&site=mtr&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=marine)
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Another good one...
http://www.intellicast.com/ (http://www.intellicast.com/)
Plug in the area and check the hourly forecast.
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Coming from sea kayaking, and planing a lot of sunday paddles, the Tidelog http://www.tidelog.com/what-is-tidelog/ (http://www.tidelog.com/what-is-tidelog/)
is my favorite. It comes in a soft, compact notebook format, with room to log in your days events, so it becomes a journal
as well. On each day's chart you have the tides shown in a wave graph so you can figure the hight at any time of day, as well as
the currents, the moon phase, sunrise, sunset, even meteor showers. For weather I use the NWS website. The tidelog used to
be published in Bolinas, but the owner retired and sold it to some folks out on Tybee Island Georgia. You can get about 5 versions,
depending on where you live, or plan to visit.
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Just stumbled across this site: http://www.fishweather.com/ (http://www.fishweather.com/)
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For current predictions in sf bay and elsewhere, this site has valuable data. Unfortunately the data isn't that easy to digest.
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/currents12/cpred2.html#CA (http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/currents12/cpred2.html#CA)
Luckily these guys have used this data to create a graphic map app for Android users called "Currents".
http://yoyana.com/support.html (http://yoyana.com/support.html)
Great for Dino/Hali/Striper fishing in the bay with predictions all the way up to the Antioch bridge.
Seems like NOAA's data is not up for 2013 yet.
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thanks for the currents app sharky, my oregon gps has currents on it but sometimes i forget to pack it, so good to have a backup, cameron
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Maybe it's been mentioned previously and I missed it, but for wind forcasts I like to use iWindsurf.com
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=207®ionProductID=1&timeoffset=0 (http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=207®ionProductID=1&timeoffset=0)
It's been really accurate for me. I heard about it from a charter boat captain who relies on it often.
You can check out current conditions or forcasts in chart or map form.
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This app is free and awesome
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tide-table/id441302771?mt=8
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fishweather/id555644333?mt=8
I just found this app called fishweather. It is free with a plus and pro purchase upgrade. Anyone else use it?
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Wind Map of the Entire World: http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-117.81,40.17,1162
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I find this one to be the easiest to use before I go out. You can change the regional area for the forecast:
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/sacramento
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Thanks for sharing the info..helps a lot to kayak newbie like me.
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this site rocks---simple to switch between rain- swell -moon wind---after some use it is very easy to see the swell -direction-wind and duration for any beach or cove...very accurate from my exp
http://tides.willyweather.com/ca/monterey-county/lovers-point.html
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for instance click on 'swell' and then scroll the page down--under the daily levels it shows a chart--very cool...move the cursor over the chart and it gives duration direction and seconds...very cool weather page--moons--its all in one place
http://swell.willyweather.com/ca/monterey-county/soberanes-point.html
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I really like willyweather for the graphical tide charts. It makes it a lot easier to see the week- and month-long changes in the tides. For example, Pescadero Beach shifts between 12-hour and 24-hour tide cycles every couple weeks (i.e. only one high tide per day instead of two). That long-term oscillation is not so obvious when paging through the numeric tables.
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I use tides4fishing.com
I also hav surffinder and magicseaweed apps
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I've been using the WINDY app. Gives wind, tides, swell, and a bunch of other things. Lots of available locations
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https://tides4fishing.com/us/california
Tides4fishing awesome.