ALWAYS CHECK THE WEATHER BEFORE GOING FISHING!


Coastal Marine Weather Forecasts:


NOAA National Weather Service Coastal marine forecasts from NOAA National Weather Service.   Marine forecasts are issued at least four times a day.   Advisories, Watches and Warnings for Marine Areas are issued as required.   Internet forecasts should never be relied upon to obtain the latest forecast and warning data.   Use other means such as NOAA Weather Radio to obtain the latest forecasts and warnings.

Coastal Forecast ANZ154 – Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA

Coastal Forecast ANZ250 – East of Ipswitch Bay and Stellwagon Bank

Coastal Forecast ANZ251 – Massachusetts Bay and Ipswitch Bay

Coastal Forecast ANZ231 – Cape Cod Bay

Coastal Forecast ANZ254 – Provincetown, MA to Chatham, MA to Nantucket, MA

Coastal Forecast ANZ232 – Nantucket Sound

Coastal Forecast ANZ233 – Vineyard Sound

Coastal Forecast ANZ235 – Rhode Island Sound

Coastal Forecast ANZ237 – Block Island Sound

Coastal Forecast ANZ255 – Coastal waters out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard, MA and Nantucket, MA

Coastal Forecast ANZ256 – Montauk Point, NY to Marthas Vineyard, MA

Coastal Forecast ANZ350 – Moriches Inlet, NY to Montauk Point, NY

Coastal Forecast ANZ353 – Fire Island, NY to Moriches Inlet, NY

Coastal Forecast ANZ330 – Long Island Sound East of New Haven, CT / Port Jefferson, NY

Coastal Forecast ANZ335 – Long Island Sound West of New Haven, CT / Port Jefferson, NY

Coastal Forecast ANZ338 – New York Harbor

Coastal Forecast ANZ355 – Sandy Hook, NJ to Fire Island, NY

Coastal Forecast ANZ450 – Sandy Hook, NJ to Manasquan Inlet, NJ

Coastal Forecast ANZ451 – Manasquan Inlet, NJ to Little Egg Inlet, NJ

Coastal Forecast ANZ452 – Little Egg Inlet, NJ to Great Egg Inlet, NJ

Coastal Forecast ANZ453 – Great Egg Inlet, NJ to Cape May, NJ

Coastal Forecast ANZ454 – Cape May, NJ to Cape Henlopen, DE

Coastal Forecast ANZ431 – Delaware Bay South of East Point, NJ to Slaughter Beach, DE

Coastal Forecast ANZ430 – Delaware Bay North of East Point, NJ to Slaughter Beach, DE

Coastal Forecast ANZ455 – Cape Henlopen, DE to Fenwick Island, DE

Coastal Forecast AMZ152 – Oregon Inlet, NC to Cape Hatteras, NC

Coastal Forecast AMZ154 – Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet, NC

Coastal Forecast AMZ156 – Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout, NC

Coastal Forecast – Florida Keys   Includes Florida Bay... Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to south of Dry Tortugas... and the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico... including the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

National Weather Service Surf Zone Forecast – Headed to the beach today?   Get your surf forecast and rip tide forecast here


Marine Weather Buoy Conditions:

NOAA National Data Buoy CenterWeather observations from NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) weather buoys and stations.   The NDBC provides near real-time observations from a network of about 90 buoys and 60 coastal stations to help meet the needs of NOAA weather forecasters and they are certainly handy for commercial and recreational fishing activities.   Most buoy observations include wind speed, wind gusts and wind direction, wave heights, wave period and wave direction, barometric pressure and barometric tendency, air temperature, water temperature and dew point information.

Southern New England

Weather Buoy Conditions – Gulf of Maine 78 NM East of Portsmouth, NH (44005)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Jeffrey's Ledge, NH (44098)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Massachusetts Bay / Stellwagen Bank (44029)

Weather Buoy Conditions – 16 NM East of Boston, MA (44013)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Buzzards Bay, MA (BUZM3)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Block Island, RI (44097)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Nantucket Island, MA (NTKM3)

Weather Buoy Conditions – 54 NM Southeast of Nantucket (44008)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Cape Cod 24 NM East of Provincetown, MA (44018)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Georges Bank 170 NM East of Hyannis, MA (44011)

Long Island Sound

Weather Buoy Conditions – Kings Point, NY (KPTN6)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Execution Rocks (44022)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Western Long Island Sound (44040)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Central Long Island Sound (44039)

Weather Buoy Conditions – New London Ledge CT (LDLC3)

New York Bight

Weather Buoy Conditions – Entrance to New York Harbor (44065)
NOTE: Wind direction failed 4/2/23.  Air temperature and dewpoint failed 06/19/20

Weather Buoy Conditions – Robins Reef, NJ (ROBN4)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Sandy Hook, NJ (SDHN4)

Weather Buoy Conditions – 33 NM South of Islip, LI (44025)
NOTE: Barometric pressure intermittent.  Wind speed failed 9/4/23.  Wind direction failed 6/5/21. Air temperature and dewpoint failed 07/08/20.  Water temperature intermittent

Weather Buoy Conditions – Montauk, NY (MTKN6)

Weather Buoy Conditions – 23 NM Southwest of Montauk Point, NY (44017)
NOTE: Buoy went adrift and was recovered 2/9/23.  Redeployment deferred until 2024

Weather Buoy Conditions – Texas Tower #4 75 NM East of Long Beach, NJ (44066)
NOTE: Buoy suffered structural damage 8/19/2023.  All transmissions ceased 9/26/2023

Weather Buoy Conditions – Southeast Block Canyon 136 NM SE of Fire Island, NY (44402)

Current wind conditions and other meteorological data for New York / New Jersey Harbor – Includes wind speed, wind gusts, wind direction, air temperature and barometric pressure – NOAA CO-OPS Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®)

Southern New Jersey

Weather Buoy Conditions – Barnegat, NJ (44091)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Cape May, NJ (CMAN4)

Delaware Bay

Weather Buoy Conditions – Brandywine Shoal Light, DE (BRND1)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Delaware Bay 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ (44009)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Ship John Shoal, NJ (SJSN4)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Lewes, DE (LWSD1)

Chesapeake Bay

Weather Buoy Conditions – York River East Rear Range Light, VA (YKRV2)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Rappahannock Light, VA (RPLV2)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Cove Point, MD (COVM2)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Thomas Point, MD (TPLM2)

Weather Buoy Conditions – 64 NM East of Virginia Beach, VA (44014)

Weather Buoy Conditions - Ocean City Inlet, MD (OCIM2)

Weather Buoy Conditions - Wallops Island, VA (44089)

Cape Hatteras

Weather Buoy Conditions - Oregon Inlet, NC (Station 44095)

Weather Buoy Conditions – East Hatteras 150 NM East of Cape Hatteras, NC (41001)

Weather Buoy Conditions - USCG Station Hatteras, NC (Station HCGN7)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Diamond Shoals Light, NC (41025)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Duck Pier, NC (DUKN7)

Weather Buoy Conditions - Frying Pan Shoals, NC (41013)

Weather Buoy Conditions – South Hatteras 225 NM South of Cape Hatteras (41002)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Cape Lookout, NC (CLKN7)

Weather Buoy Conditions - Edisto 41 NM Southeast of Charleston, SC (Station 41004)

Weather Buoy Conditions – WEST BERMUDA 240 NM West of Bermuda (41048)

Weather Buoy Conditions - SOUTH BERMUDA 300 NM SSE of Bermuda (Station 41049)

Florida Keys

Weather Buoy Conditions – Molasses Reef, FL (MLRF1)
NOTE: Effective 2/28/2023 station is disestablished due to extensive corrosion of host structure

Weather Buoy Conditions – Long Key, FL (LONF1)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Sombrero Key, FL (SMKF1)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Vaca Key, FL (VCAF1)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Key West (KYWF1)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Sand Key (SANF1)

Weather Buoy Conditions – Pulaski Shoals Light, FL (PLSF1)
NOTE: Effective 2/28/2023 station is disestablished due to deteriorated condition of the platform

National Data Buoy Center Web Sites

National Data Buoy Center – A part of NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), the NDBC designs, develops, operates, and maintains a network of data collecting weather buoys and coastal weather stations.   The NDBC provides near real-time observations from a network of about 90 marine weather buoys and 60 coastal stations to help meet the needs of NOAA weather forecasters and they are certainly handy for commercial and recreational fishing activities.   The U.S. Coast Guard is an important partner to the NDBC and provides transportation for buoy deployments, retrievals, and maintenance – Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi

National Data Buoy Center – Buoy Status Report

National Data Buoy Center – Station Operations/Maintenance Schedule   This page is updated weekly.


Offshore Marine Weather Forecasts:

NOAA NAtional Weather ServiceOffshore marine forecasts from NOAA National Weather Service.   Marine forecasts are issued at least four times a day.   Advisories, Watches and Warnings for Marine Areas are issued as required.   Internet forecasts should never be relied upon to obtain the latest forecast and warning data.   Use other means such as
NOAA Weather Radio to obtain the latest forecasts and warnings.

Offshore Forecast ANZ800 – Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line

Offshore Forecast ANZ805 – Georges Bank between Cape Cod and 68W north of 1000 FM

Offshore Forecast ANZ900 – Georges Bank between 68W and the Hague Line

Offshore Forecast ANZ810 – South of New England between the Great South Channel and Montauk Point to 1000 FM

Offshore Forecast ANZ815 – South of Long Island between Montauk Point and Sandy Hook to 1000 FM

Offshore Forecast ANZ820 – Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon to 1000 FM

Offshore Forecast ANZ825 – Baltimore Canyon to Cape Charles Light to 100 NM Offshore

Offshore Forecast ANZ828 – Cape Charles Light to Currituck Beach Light to 100 NM Offshore

Offshore Forecast ANZ830 – Currituck Beach Light to Cape Hatteras to 100 NM Offshore

Offshore Forecast ANZ833 – Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear to 100 NM Offshore

Offshore Forecast ANZ835 – Cape Fear to 31N to 1000 FM

National Weather Service Offshore Marine Forecasts – New England, Mid-Atlantic, Tropical Atlantic, Gulf, Caribbean, Alaska, Washington-Oregon, California, Hawaii


Commercial Marine Weather Forecasts:

Weatherman Tex Antoine and his cartoon sidekick Uncle Wethbee.  His nightly weather report on NBC TV during the 1950s and 1960s was a wonderful mix of weather, cartoon art and storytellingAccuWeather.com – Provides hourly and Minute by Minute™ forecasts for any longitude/latitude on Earth, with customized content and engaging video presentations available on smart phones, tablets, free wired and mobile Internet sites, connected TVs, and Internet appliances, as well as via radio, television, and newspapers.   Note:  The National Weather Service, which provides large amounts of the data that AccuWeather repackages and sells for profit, also provides that same information for free in the public domain – State College, PA

Baron Services – Providing critical weather intelligence systems that aid in the detection and dissemination of weather information to customers in the broadcast, government, aviation, marine and automotive industries.   These technologies include weather tracking software, Doppler weather radar, systems integration, personal alerting services, among others – Huntsville, AL

BuoyWeather.com – Accurate 7-day marine, wind and swell forecasts for any offshore location.   Provides detailed, customized marine weather to thousands of mariners, coastal residents, fishermen and watersport enthusiasts worldwide through its proprietary wave and wind models.   Buoyweather's global network of Virtual Buoys deliver quality marine forecasts for all coastal and offshore regions of the world.   Buoyweather provides the point-specific forecasts its users need to safely plan their marine activities.   There is also a free Buoyweather app for iTunes and Android devices – Huntington Beach, CA

CNN.com – When weather is the news, you can count on CNN's team of experienced meteorologists to bring it to you first.   Weather around the world 7 x 24.   A Time Warner Company – Atlanta, GA

FishWeather.com – Weather where you fish.   Your complete fishing weather source, FishWeather gives you real-time wind and weather reports from their own exclusive weather station network, plus reports from over 50,000 other weather stations worldwide.   FishWeather's interactive map features forecasts, radar, temperatures, currents, and more.   Several membership plans are available, but their free membership plan offers weather data from 500+ public stations, NWS forecasts, and exclusive FishWeather products – WeatherFlow, Scotts Valley, CA

Intellicast – Providing expert weather information to weather savvy users since 1996.   With the most technically advanced site-specific weather forecasting system in the world today, the result of a multi-million dollar research project, Intellicast.com delivers site-specific forecasts for 60,000 sites in the U.S. and around the globe.   From detailed local forecasts to hurricane tracks, severe weather warnings to international conditions, Intellicast.com has the active weather tools business professionals and outdoor enthusiast have come to rely on, consistently making them of the top five weather sites on the Internet.   Intellicast is a division of The Weather Company (TWC) – Atlanta, GA

Mike's Weather Page – The best weather webpage for the tropics and hurricanes since 2004 – Oldsmar, FL

PassageWeather.com – Accurate, reliable and easy to use weather information and forecasts.   Provides 7-day wind, wave and weather forecasts to help sailors with their passage planning and weather routing.   Forecasts include surface winds, wave height and direction, and atmospheric pressure maps and are derived using data from the most trusted and reliable weather models available.   These models include the GFS and WaveWatch III models, the same weather models that produce the GRIB files used by modern electronic navigation software and weather routing software

SIRIUS Marine Weather – Provides inshore and offshore marine weather information in digital graphics on your boat's navigation display.   Weather content includes weather radar, lightning strikes, buoy reports, NOAA marine forecasts, storm tracks, watches and warnings, weather, wind and wave forecasts,  and sea surface temperatures.   Integrated graphically on navigation displays from leading brands like Raymarine®, Furuno®, Northstar®, Simrad® and B&G® – New York, NY

The Weather Channel – Beginning in 1982 as a 24-hour, 7 day cable and satellite television network devoted entirely to weather, it has expanded across the Internet and cell phone networks to bring the breaking weather to its viewers and users.   The Weather Company (TWC) includes:  The Weather Channel, weather.com, wunderground.com, intellicast.com and products for broadband and mobile platforms – Atlanta, GA

USATODAY.com – Weather Forecasts and News.   A division of Gannett Co. Inc – McLean, VA

Weather.org – Marine weather charts and forecasts for the world.   Owned by entrepreneur Daniel Bender since 1995, the site is currently provided as a public service only – Grenada Hills, CA

Weather Underground – Committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible.   Their state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for over 60,000 US and international cities, so you'll always find the online weather information that you need.   Weather Underground is a division of The Weather Company (TWC).   It operates separately from The Weather Channel and continues to provide its own forecasts – Atlanta, GA

Windfinder – Wind, wave & weather reports, forecasts & statistics for over 40,000 locations worldwide.   Detailed wind forecasts and weather forecasts that let you always find the spot with the best wind, waves, and weather conditions for your sport.   Windfinder also displays the current wind measurements and weather – Kiel, Germany

WindGURU – A service specialized for forecasting weather, mostly for windsurfers and kitesurfers, but also great for anglers and boaters too.   Forecasts are based on data produced by weather forecast models.   WindGURU is able to provide forecasts for any place on the planet Earth.

Windy.com – Windy provides intuitive, fast, efficient and accurate weather radar, wind, waves and water temperature forecasts.  The worldwide animated weather map, with easy to use layers and precise spot forecasts is brilliant.


Miscellaneous:

Weather InsightsWeather Insights Ever wondered where old weather sayings and lore come from?    Weather lore concerning the appearance of the sky, the conditions of the atmosphere, the type or movement of the clouds, and the direction of the winds often has a scientific basis and likely can predict the weather.   Check out this page if you want to know why a red sky at night is a sailor's delight.

Beaufort Wind Speed Scale – This scale of wind speeds devised in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort is still in use today.   It is used to estimate wind speeds by direct observation.

AcuRite – Offers a wide variety of Internet connected home weather stations, home monitoring devices, multi-sensor stations, thermometers and hygrometers, gardening devices, home environment sensors and parts and more – Lake Geneva, WI

Cape Cod Wind and Weather – Produces fine precision weather instruments that are sophisticated enough to be used in research, science, aviation, marine and a variety of industrial uses.   Products include thermometers, barometers, clocks, tide clocks, hygrometers, rain gauges, wind speed and direction, and feature easy to read white dials with hand polished brass cases or durable powder-coated cases – West Harwich, MA

Cloud Chart Inc. – Laminated, waterproof Cloud Charts, posters and more.  A handy reference for identifying cloud formations and weather prediction – Richmond, VA

Columbia Weather Systems – Manufacturers of the Orion, Pulsar, Magellan, and Capricorn families of weather monitoring systems that include weather stations for permanent installations, vehicle-mount systems for mobile applications, and portable weather stations for rapid deployment – Hillsboro, OR

Davis – Professional wireless or cabled weather stations for official weather reporting, in-home use and educational use.   Available sensors and instruments include anemometer and rain collector, temperature, humidity, leaf wetness, and solar and UV radiation.  Other products include compasses, sextants, chart holders and charting tools – Hayward, CA

La Crosse Technology – Offers a variety of Weather Stations, Rain Gauges, Thermometers, Weather Radios, Atomic Clocks and more – La Crosse, WI

MARACOOS – The Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, or MARACOOS, provides real-time data based on measurements made with a wide variety of gear, satellites and weather stations in one user interface.   Streaming and downloadable information includes:

•  Buoy system acoustic data
•  Water levels
•  Water column temperatures from sea surface to ocean bottom
•  Salinity and chlorophyll levels
•  Wave Heights and directions
•  Wind and current speeds
•  Marine frontal movement
•  Water quality
•  Bycatch data
•  High frequency (Doppler) radar ocean air stats and access to NOAA satellite data
•  Information from in-the water assets such as autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely operated vehicles, underwater gliders, and buoys
•  Oceanographic model running at Rutgers, Stevens Institute of Technology, UMass Dartmouth and UConn Storrs.

MARACOOS covers the Mid-Atlantic region from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina.   Started in 2007, the MARACOOS team includes university researchers, ocean scientists, engineers, government agencies and private industry partners and there is a wealth of information for the fishing industry and recreational anglers.

Nielsen-Kellerman Company – Designs, manufactures and distributes rugged, waterproof environmental and sports performance instruments for active lifestyles and technical applications, including Kestrel Weather & Environmental Meters, NK Electronics for Rowing and Paddling, and Blue Ocean Rugged Megaphones & PA Systems â– Boothwyn, PA

NOAA Sky Watcher Chart – Chart of various cloud types and formations

OCENS (Ocean and Coastal Environmental Sensing, Inc.) – Provider of personal satellite weather, earth and ocean imaging software, systems, and information services.  Products include WeatherNet, a system designed to optimize the download of weather and ocean data products via wireless connections.  WeatherNet offers highly compressed text, images, charts, buoy data, radar, GRIB files, and many more formats.  With over 20,000 continuously updated weather products, WeatherNet is the largest most comprehensive source of weather data in the world.  OCENS GRIB Explorer offers unprecedented access to the power of GRIB data. With a simple interface operating along with the streamlined data access engine of OCENS WeatherNet, GRIB Explorer allows any at-sea user, from day sailors to coastal cruisers and fishermen, to acquire and use the weather and ocean insights offered by GRIB data.  OCENS Mail, an affordable e-mail service allows you to use your current email software to cost effectively send and receive e-mail over such satcom services such as Globalstar, Iridium, MSAT and Inmarsat – Seattle, WA

Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist – They strive to provide the citizens of New Jersey with a thorough understanding of weather and climate.  Take a minute to peruse their vast web site – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Oregon Scientific – Their weather devices include a wide variety of home and professional weather stations, thermometers, humidity sensors, rain gauges, anemometers, UV sensors and more – Portland, OR

RainWise – Manufacturers of professional meteorological equipment for consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications.   RainWise offers more than 50 rain and temperature gauges, monitors, sensors, and related software products.   All of their products are proudly made in the USA and are backed by free software upgrades and lifetime support – Trenton, ME

Stevens Institute of Technology Maritime Systems - Surface current vectors, near-surface wind Barbs, wave heights, salinity, water level measurements for the New York Bight - Hoboken, NJ

US Coast Guard Navigation Center – Whether you navigate using GPS, DGPS, LORAN-C, or good-old-fashioned paper charts and a sextant, we want to provide you with information that will help you fix your position!   The Navigation Center operates services and provides information that enhances the safety, security, and efficiency of U.S. waterways and civil GPS users.  These services include:  Operating the Nationwide Differential GPS System, Operating the Long Range Identification and Tracking business helpdesk, Operating the Nationwide Automatic Identification System, Publishing Notices to Mariners and the Light List, Disseminating navigation information through 24/7 operations center and the NAVCEN website, Managing the Integrated Aids to Navigation Information System, Managing electronic charting portfolios for U.S. Coast Guard units, Serving as the primary U.S. government interface with GPS users (except aviation and military), Receiving and coordinating investigation of GPS outage reports – Alexandria, VA

Weatherflow – Their Tempest home weather station is revolutionary design with no moving parts, nearly zero maintenance, instant online data, a free personal webpage, and a rich API powering a growing list of third-party applications – Scotts Valley, CA

Weems & Plath - Celebrating over 90 years of manufacturing fine nautical and weather instruments.   Products include meticulously made and handsome marine and nautical instruments, navigation tools and weather instruments - Annapolis, MD


National Weather Service (NWS) Sites:

NOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service (NWS) – The National Weather Service operates 122 Weather Forecast Offices in six regions.   Each Weather Forecast Office has a geographic area of responsibility for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.   They also issue severe weather warnings, gather weather observations, and climate data for their assigned area.   The local Weather Forecast Offices also control the broadcasts of weather information on the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards stations.


National Weather Service – Coastal Warning Display Program

National Weather Service – Marine Forecasts

National Weather Service – Eastern Region

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Boston, MA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – New York, NY

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Philadelphia / Mt. Holly, NJ

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Wakefield, VA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Newport / Morehead City, NC

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Wilmington, NC

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Charleston, SC

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Jacksonville, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Melbourne, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Miami, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Key West, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Tampa Bay, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Tallahassee, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Mobile, AL / Pensacola, FL

National Weather Service Forecast Office – New Orleans / Baton Rouge, LA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Lake Charles, LA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Houston / Galveston, TX

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Corpus Christi, TX

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Brownsville, TX

National Weather Service Forecast Office – San Diego, CA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Los Angeles / Oxnard, CA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – San Francisco / Monterey, CA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Eureka, CA

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Medford, OR

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Portland, OR

National Weather Service Forecast Office – Seattle, WA

NOAA National Weather Service U.S. Tsunami Warning Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sites:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – This $6 billion federal agency is part of the Department of Commerce and provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, coastal restoration and lest we forget, fisheries management – Washington, DC

NOAA – Office of Coast Survey AWOIS – Knowing the locations of shipwrecks and other obstructions has always been important for safe navigation, but mariners are not the only people who want to know about wrecks.   They are also important for marine archeology, recreational diving, salvage operations, and fishing, among other interests.   Now, Coast Survey has improved our Wrecks and Obstructions Database, giving everyone easy access to new records to explore.   The Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System (AWOIS) contains information on approximately 10,000 submerged wrecks and obstructions in the coastal waters of the United States.  Information includes latitude and longitude of each feature along with brief historic and descriptive details.

NOAA National Weather Service Cloud Chart – The NWS Cloud Chart shows examples of each of 27 cloud categories.   By clicking an image, you will see various views of that particular cloud classification, the official description of that type and associated symbol – Washington, DC

NOAA nowCoast Web Portal for Coastal Conditions – NOAA'S Web Mapping Portal to Real-Time Coastal Observations, Forecasts, and Warnings

NOAA Tides and Currents – Managed by the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), it is the portal to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vast collection of oceanographic and meteorological data (historical and real-time), predictions, nowcasts and forecasts – Silver Spring, MD

Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) – PORTS® measures and disseminates real-time observations and predictions of water levels, currents, salinity, and meteorological parameters (e.g., winds, atmospheric pressure, air and water temperatures) that mariners need to navigate safely – Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), Silver Spring, MD

PORTS® New Haven, CT – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® New York / New Jersey Harbor – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® Delaware River and Bay – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® Chesapeake Bay North – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® Chesapeake Bay South – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® – Tampa Bay, FL – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® Houston, TX / Galveston Bay – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® – Los Angeles / Long Beach, CA – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

PORTS® San Francisco Bay, CA – Tides, currents, water levels, water and air temperatures

NOAA WaveWatch – Ocean wave predictions using the wave model WAVEWATCH III®.   It is a third generation wave model run four times a day (00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z) .   Each run starts with 9-, 6- and 3-hour hindcasts and produces forecasts of every 3 hours from the initial time out to 180 hours
NOAA Weather Radio

Public Weather AlertsNOAA Weather Radio – The Voice of the National Weather Service.   NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) is a nationwide network of 1,025 radio stations, covering all 50 states and adjacent coastal waters, broadcasting continuous weather information directly from the nearest National Weather Service field office.

In the New York Bight it's KWO35 at 162.550 MHz from New York City, WXM80 at 162.474 MHz from Riverhead, Long Island, WXM60 at 162.45 MHz from Howell Township, NJ and KHB38 at 162.400 MHz from Atlantic City, NJ.   Tune in for the latest marine weather forecasts, advisories, watches and warnings.


Radar Images:

Weather Radar ImagesMost of us are familiar with the commercial radar images from AccuWeather, the Weather Channel, Weather Underground, etc. and you'll find them listed below.   They are typically composites or derivatives of the real-time data provided by the mother of all radar networks, the National Weather Service's NEXRAD national Doppler radar system.   The NEXRAD radar images are paid for by your federal tax dollars, so give them a try.  



AccuWeather.com – United States Weather Radar images

The Weather Channel – National and regional Doppler radar images

Weather Underground – United States radar images


NWS NEXRAD Radar Images:   Listed below are all of the coastal National Weather Service NEXRAD radar stations from Maine to Key West, Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and along the west coast from southern California up to Washington.   NOTE: On December 17, 2020, the National Weather Service updated the web application that displays the weather radar imagery and it now has a completely different look and feel.

Down East...

National Weather Service Radar Image – Caribou, ME

National Weather Service Radar Image – Portland, ME

National Weather Service Radar Image – Boston, MA


New York / New Jersey...

National Weather Service Radar Image – Upton, NY

National Weather Service Radar Image – Mount Holly, NJ

National Weather Service Radar Image – Dover Air Force Base, DE


Chesapeake Bay...

National Weather Service Radar Image – Sterling, VA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Wakefield, VA


Cape Hatteras...

National Weather Service Radar Image – Newport / Morehead, NC

National Weather Service Radar Image – Wilmington, NC

National Weather Service Radar Image – Charleston, SC


Florida...

National Weather Service Radar Image – Jacksonville, FL

National Weather Service Radar Image – Melbourne, FL

National Weather Service Radar Image – Miami, FL

National Weather Service Radar Image – Key West, FL

National Weather Service Radar Image – Tampa Bay Area, FL

National Weather Service Radar Image – Tallahassee, FL

National Weather Service Radar Image – Northwest Florida


Gulf States...

National Weather Service Radar Image – Mobile, AL

National Weather Service Radar Image – New Orleans / Baton Rouge, LA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Lake Charles, LA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Houston / Galveston, TX

National Weather Service Radar Image – Corpus Christi, TX

National Weather Service Radar Image – Brownsville, TX


West Coast...

National Weather Service Radar Image – San Diego, CA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Santa Ana Mountains, CA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Los Angeles, CA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA

National Weather Service Radar Image – San Francisco Bay Area, CA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Eureka, CA

National Weather Service Radar Image – Medford, OR

National Weather Service Radar Image – Portland, OR

National Weather Service Radar Image – Seattle / Tacoma, WA


Sea Surface Temperatures:

Sea Surface TemperaturesFor offshore fishermen, using satellite imagery to monitor sea surface temperatures for temperature breaks and monitor chlorophyll concentrations for clean and dirty water are important to locating areas containing pelagic fish.   In the USA, all of the satellite images come from government satellites that are sent to organizations such as NOAA and NASA.   The data is then processed by individual service providers to form their sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, altimetry, cloud-free SST, topological and other neat images.



NOAA CoastWatch – Provides a variety of environmental data (sea surface temperature, ocean color, winds) from several different satellite platforms covering all US coastal waters, including Hawaii and Alaska.  Today, sea surface temperature maps support meteorological weather predictions and also support commercial and recreational activities.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information – Coastal water temperature guide and tables of monthly average seawater temperatures

Offshore Satellite Services – Since 1984, Captain Len Belcaro has been offering paid subscription services for satellite imagery of sea surface temperatures (SST) and chlorophyll concentration images, as well as private weather forecasts.   OSS imagery covers the area from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras out to 500 fathoms – Allenwood, NJ

Rip Charts – A paid subscription service that provides Sea Surface Temperature Maps, Chlorophyll Maps, True Color Maps, Surface Current Maps, Altimetry Maps, and Bathymetric Maps for the United States, Baja, and Australia – Houston, TX

Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service (ROFFS) – A paid subscription service that uses satellite derived environmental data (water temperature, water color, currents, ocean fronts, etc.) on a daily basis and provides Fishing Oceanographic Analyses to recreational and commercial fishing clients.   Their expertise is combining fisheries oceanography and real-time satellite remote sensing to produce tactical and strategic fisheries forecasts – Melbourne, FL

Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab – Offers near real-time and archived Sea Surface Temperatures and Chlorophyll Concentration charts to research, industry , education and the general public and feature Rutgers University RUCOOL satellite data images.   Satellite data are collected with SeaSpace L-Band and X-Band satellite dishes, both of which are on the top of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences building at Cook Campus within the New Brunswick, NJ Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

SST online – Providing free on-line Sea Surface Temperature Charts of the East Coast and Offshore Canyons since 1999.   Their sea surface temperature charts are for offshore anglers and now cover the entire East Coast, including the Florida Gulf Coast and the Bahamas.   Altimetry and turbidity charts are also available – Glen Burnie, MD

Terrafin – A paid subscription service that offers computer enhanced sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll concentration imagery for anglers and divers since 1999 .   Terrafin covers the entire Continental U.S. coastline, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Pacific coast of Central America, Venezuela and Brazil – Vista, CA
ling – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

US Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center – The FNMOC provides Global & Regional Ocean Wave Prediction Charts (WW3), Global Ensemble Ocean Wave Prediction Charts (WW3 Ensemble), and Global Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Charts (NCODA)


Sun and Moon Information 2024:

Sun and Moon InformationThe First Day of Spring occurs on the Vernal Equinox - Tuesday March 19, 2024 at 11:06 PM EDT

The First Day of Summer occurs on the Summer Solstice - Thursday June 20, 2024 at 4:51 PM EDT

The First Day of Autumn occurs on the Autumnal Equinox - Sunday September 22, 2024 at 8:44 AM EDT

The First Day of Winter occurs on the Winter Solstice - Saturday December 21, 2024 at 4:21 AM EST

The times of the equinoxes mark the beginning of spring and fall.
   An equinox occurs when the plane of Earth's equator passes the center of the Sun, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the planet.

The times of the solstices mark the beginning of summer and winter.   A solstice occurs when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.  It is also either the longest day of the year (summer solstice) or the shortest day of the year (winter solstice) for any place outside of the tropics.

In 2024 daylight time starts Sunday, March 10 and ends Sunday, November 3 – By act of Congress, civil clocks in most areas of the United States are adjusted ahead one hour in the summer months (known as daylight time) and returned back one hour in the winter months (known as standard time).   The dates marking the beginning and end of daylight time have changed as Congress passed new statutes.

As of 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.   On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 AM local standard time (which becomes 3:00 AM local daylight time).   On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 AM local daylight time (which becomes 1:00 AM local standard time).   These dates were established by the U.S. Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).

NOTE:  Times of Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset and Moon Phases are included in our monthly Tide Table for Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

Daylight During the Year






December 21, 2023 marked the previous Winter Solstice and was the official start of winter.

With daytime a scant 9 hours, it is also the shortest day of the year.

However, take comfort in knowing that after December 21 the days get longer and longer until it reaches a glorious 15 hours at the start of summer on June 20, 2024.

Thats a change of nearly six more hours of daylight and what a magical difference it makes.

Oh baby, pass me the suntan lotion!










Moon-Phases.net – A free Internet resource about lunation, the complete cycle of moon phases beginning with the new moon and ending with the next new moon.  Lunation has an average duration of 29.5 hours – Sportfishingreport.com, Chatsworth, CA

NASA Eclipse Web Site – Explore, discover and understand.   Provides a wealth of information about Solar Eclipses, Lunar Eclipses, Planetary Transits Across the Sun, Sky Events and Solar System Data – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

StarDate Online – Moon Phase Calculator – University of Texas McDonald Observatory

US Naval ObservatoryU.S. Naval Observatory – Serves as the Department of Defense's authoritative source for the positions and motion of celestial bodies, motions of the Earth, and precise time.   The USNO provides tailored products, performs relevant research, develops leading edge technologies and instrumentation, and operates state of the art systems in support of the U.S. Navy, DoD, Federal Agencies, international partners, and the general public – Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department – USNO’s Astronomical Applications Department is one of the oldest continuous American scientific endeavors and continues to be a world-renowned authority on astronomical ephemerides and phenomena.   Products include Sun and Moon rise and set times, Moon phases, eclipses, seasons, positions of solar system objects, and astronomical and navigational almanacs, special publications, and research reports – Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Surfcams:

Located near ocean beaches with plenty of salt spray, high humidity and strong winds, these video cameras are notoriously unreliable and often off-line.   Because of their frequent operational issues and often nagging advertisements, we no longer post links to them.

Surfcam – STATUE OF LIBERTY CAM – Live views from the Golden Torch.   God Bless America!


Tide Predictions:

Tide PredictionsTides are one of the most regular phenomena in the world.   Basically, tides are very long-period waves that move through the oceans in response to the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and sun.   Tides originate in the oceans and progress toward the coastlines where they appear as the regular rise and fall of the sea surface.   When the highest part or crest of the wave reaches a particular location, a high tide occurs.   And a low tide is the lowest part of the wave, or trough.

A horizontal current of water, the tidal current, often accompanies the rising and falling of the tide.   The incoming tide along the coast and into the bays and estuaries is called a flood current, and the outgoing tide is called ebb current.   The strongest flood and ebb currents usually occur before or near the time of the high and low tides.   And the weakest currents occur between the flood and ebb currents and are called slack tides.   In the open ocean, tidal currents are relatively weak, but near estuary entrances, narrow straits and inlets, tidal currents can reach speeds of up to several knots.

SANDY HOOK, NJ TIDES – Tide table for the current month.   Times of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, plus moon phases are included.   Please note that weather conditions can greatly affect times of high and low tides and current speeds.

Local NJ Tide Conversion Table – Conversion tables for locations around the New York Bight

NOAA Tides & Currents – Obtain tidal predictions computed by NOAA CO-OPS for more than 3,000 water-level stations sorted by State and Region.

Tide Predictions – U.S. Upper East Coast (Maine through Virginia) – University of South Carolina

Tide Predictions – U.S. Lower East Coast (North Carolina through Florida Keys) – University of South Carolina

Tide Predictions – U.S. Gulf Coast (East to West) – University of South Carolina

Tide Predictions – U.S. West Coast sites (Listed from North to South) – University of South Carolina

www.saltwatertides.com – Tide predictions for the Gulf Coast, US East Coast and US West Coast – Tide High and Low, Inc., Austin, TX

WWW Tide/Current Predictor – Tide and current predictions courtesy of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC


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It only takes one storm called SANDY to change your life and community

It only takes one storm called SANDY to change your life and community

Be prepared, stay informed and use common sense

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER – Issues watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather for the Atlantic and East Pacific US coasts – NOAA National Weather Service, Miami, FL
www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Emergency/Preparedness Information...

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS CENTER – NOAA National Weather Service, Miami, FL
www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/

AMERICAN RED CROSS
www.redcross.org

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
www.fema.gov

 

2024-03-08