Navy wave height predictions

pennfish · Post by **pennfish** » January 25th, 2005, 12:02 pm

Has anyone found this to be a reliable source of info

Post by **wevans** » January 25th, 2005, 12:21 pm

Just as good as any and better than most

But a forcast is still just an educated guess, no matter who makes it

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » January 25th, 2005, 12:39 pm

Ditto.

Post by **tin can** » January 25th, 2005, 12:57 pm

Meteorologist is the only profession that I know of that can be wrong 50% of the time, and not get fired.

Post by **mjsigns** » January 25th, 2005, 2:55 pm

Ditto for Wevans

pennfish · Post by **pennfish** » January 25th, 2005, 5:12 pm

Thanks guys.I guess the best thing is to know someone that lives at the coast

Post by **Apalach** » January 25th, 2005, 6:33 pm

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is the main agency that does research in this area, not the Navy. The Navy is, of course, interested but has never been a big player in this to my knowledge. Lots of pretty sophisticated wave models out there with oceanographic research world-wide.
Check these out:

http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/Welcome.html

http://www.stormsurf.com/page2/links/pacwam.shtml

http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/gblpac.html

Post by **Apalach** » January 25th, 2005, 6:34 pm

Whoops--don't know what happened here. Just got a new computer--still working out the bugs...

Post by **qoutrage** » January 25th, 2005, 11:03 pm

Yeah well, they missed it today. As I read it, 'wind was suppose to lay in the afternoon.
The 'smooth' about beat the bottom outta the boat.
We fished about 11 miles off DI in 1 to 2's til about 2PM and it went to 2 to 3 or better. The bay was almost as bad.
I agree, the Metro boys are right most of the time.. I relied on a team of them for a lot of years and still made my own forecast at times.
I kinda followed the Weather Bureau today instead of questioning the tight circulation of wave direction on the Navy chart- even the Navy was showing 1 to 2. That circulation probably had something to do with it becoming so choppy.
We didn't catch a fish by the way-
'Bent anchor wouldn't set, and it was too windy to drift (forgot to staighten th' dang thang- bent from the last trip out).
No big deal.. They probably weren't bitin' account of th' full moon, anyway.