buoyweather | weather routing, passage forecasts, route planning, weather window

Our seven day Virtual Buoy forecasts are great if you are regularly traveling around a fixed location. But if you are under way or waiting for that perfect weather window for a passage, you'll want to know what the weather will be like at a future location and a future time. The passage forecast is a system that provides forecasts for the places you expect to be in the future.

There are three file format options: global wave, Mediterranean wave, and a global weather file. We recommend you check both the wave file and the weather file. They both provide a valuable insight into your future. Enter the latitude and longitude in decimal format(not degrees, minutes, seconds). Use a minus sign to indicate southern latitudes or western longitudes. No letters like N, S, E, W go in the input box. Also make sure there is no leading blank space there or you'll get an error. If your wave file comes up all zeros, it means your point is too close to land. The wave models border is well offshore. A description of the files can be found in the Virtual Buoy section.

Below and on the left is a sample route leaving Los Angeles to Hawaii. Change the inputs on the left to match your route. If you want to save the route forecast, make sure to utilize the buoyweather favorites system.

BUOYWEATHER.COM Marine Voyage Forecast Model Cycle: 2006 FEB 16 06Z Time Zone: GMT + 0 hours Current Location : 34.0N 119.0W ------------------------------------------------------- WIND SEAS dir/deg range(kt) dir/per range(ft) ------------------ ------------------- 2/16 12pm N 9 7 - 10 W 11sec 2 - 3 2/16 6pm ENE 63 5 - 7 WSW 11sec 1 - 3 2/17 12am WSW 253 10 - 14 WSW 11sec 1 - 2 2/17 6am NW 323 9 - 13 W 3sec 2 - 3 24hr position forecast for : 33.5N -122.0W ------------------------------------------------------- WIND SEAS dir/deg range(kt) dir/per range(ft) ------------------ ------------------- 2/17 12pm W 262 11 - 15 NW 9sec 7 - 11 2/17 6pm WNW 290 12 - 16 NW 9sec 7 - 11 2/18 12am W 279 11 - 15 WNW 14sec 7 - 11 2/18 6am NW 313 8 - 11 WNW 16sec 7 - 11 48hr position forecast at : 33.0N -124.75W ------------------------------------------------------- WIND SEAS dir/deg range(kt) dir/per range(ft) ------------------ ------------------- 2/18 12pm NW 321 13 - 18 WNW 14sec 8 - 12 2/18 6pm WNW 303 12 - 17 WNW 14sec 9 - 14 2/19 12am NW 323 14 - 20 WNW 13sec 9 - 15 2/19 6am NNW 335 13 - 17 WNW 13sec 11 - 17 72hr position forecast at : 32.25N -128.5W ------------------------------------------------------- WIND SEAS dir/deg range(kt) dir/per range(ft) ------------------ ------------------- 2/19 12pm N 1 10 - 14 NNW 10sec 12 - 19 2/19 6pm NNE 27 6 - 9 NNW 10sec 12 - 18 2/20 12am NE 39 6 - 9 N 10sec 11 - 17 2/20 6am ENE 70 6 - 8 N 10sec 9 - 15 96hr position forecast at : 31.5N -132.0W ------------------------------------------------------- WIND SEAS dir/deg range(kt) dir/per range(ft) ------------------ ------------------- 2/20 12pm E 96 9 - 12 N 9sec 8 - 13 2/20 6pm ESE 109 13 - 18 NNE 9sec 7 - 12 2/21 12am E 93 14 - 19 NNE 9sec 7 - 11 2/21 6am E 81 18 - 24 ENE 5sec 7 - 12