After last weekend’s debacle of a surf forecast from every major player in the market, I feel like it’s high time everyone took off their training wheels and learn how to make your own call. The great thing about being your own Sean Collins is that all the information is free and easy to find, you’ll impress your friends (or depress depending on the situation) with this new found knowledge, and most importantly, you’ll know when the waves are good, not when a Web site says the waves are good…
“For the average surfer, the buoys are a great way to paint yourself an accurate picture of what is happening swell-wise and wind-wise in our local waters. Armed with that knowledge you can make good choices on where and when to surf, keeping yourself safe and, almost equally important, helping you score some quality waves.” -Adam Wright
A sneak peek of the Bombora ‘Nearby Buoys’ screen
We’re extremely excited to share a screenshot of Bombora, our upcoming surf and ocean forecasting application for iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s taken a lot of work to get to this point, and we think things are shaping up pretty spectacularly.
Weather forecasting services provided by institutions like NOAA and Scripps are the core of Bombora. Data provided by these agencies are essential to the operation of Bombora as well as many other surf and marine forecasters.
This information, in addition to assisting surf forecasters, is vital to the operation of international shipping, marine safety, and global [...]
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) collects, analyzes and distributes historical and real-time observations and predictions of water levels, coastal currents and other meteorological and oceanographic data.
The 6-meter NOMAD is an aluminum-hulled, boat-shaped buoy which provides relatively high cost effectiveness and excellent long-term survivability in severe seas. These buoys are highly directional and have a quick rotational response.
C-MAN station data typically include barometric pressure, wind direction, speed and gust, and air temperature; however, some C-MAN stations are designed to also measure sea water temperature, water level, waves, relative humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
