Navy wave height predictions
Posted: January 25th, 2005, 12:02 pm
Has anyone found this to be a reliable source of info 
But a forcast is still just an educated guess, no matter who makes it 
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Posted: 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
But a forcast is still just an educated guess, no matter who makes it Posted: January 25th, 2005, 12:39 pm
Ditto.
Posted: 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. 
Posted: January 25th, 2005, 2:55 pm
Ditto for Wevans 
Posted: January 25th, 2005, 5:12 pm
Thanks guys.I guess the best thing is to know someone that lives at the coast
Posted: 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
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
Posted: January 25th, 2005, 6:34 pm
Whoops--don't know what happened here. Just got a new computer--still working out the bugs...
Posted: 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.
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.