Marine forecast
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Printed Date: 22 Jun 2026 at 4:51pm
Topic: Marine forecast
Posted By: Tonto2
Subject: Marine forecast
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 9:23am
I just took the below screenshots. What the... ------------- slowly going where everyone else has already been |
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Posted By: Tonto2
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 9:24am
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 11:27am
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Yepp, it was pretty horrible here this morning, much was than what was predicted. did you get you boat sorted Martyn? ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: MJ
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 3:41pm
| I find Predictwind gets it right. Havent had a bad forecast from them yet. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 4:58pm
For me it's time for a change ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
MJ wrote:Posted By: Telecaster
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 9:03pm
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I always use Windy and Swellmap and just take the worst forecast as gospel. Was definitely snotty today around 11am until 3pm then it calmed down. We had about 25 knots of NW at the peak. In gulf harbour up on the hills.
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Posted By: Schecter
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2026 at 7:00am
| I primarily use the Coast Guard weather app. Although I double-check with Metservice and Predictwind to be certain. |
Posted By: Tonto2
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2026 at 7:09am
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Yep, we still went out , tucked up at Matakawau and caught a few gurnard then out to ropers and caught some really fat snapper. It was a really nice day out there and no other boats. ------------- slowly going where everyone else has already been |
Posted By: BotStomper
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2026 at 11:22am
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Metservice is beyond hopeless. Couldn't forecast the sea being wet and snow being cold. Honestly I don't know how they stay in operation, presumably some sort of state funding. We had a general rule for ski trips that if Metservice said it was going to be crap, you should go skiing. Because on the fairly regular case that they were wrong, the mountain would be empty thanks to all the people who only look at Metservice. They seemingly always forecast the worst case scenario. I guess the old idiom applies that I would rather be on land wishing I was fishing than on the water wishing I was on land, but if you rely solely on Metservice you will miss a lot of perfectly fishable days. Swellmap is unreliable IMO. Probably the most prone to saying it will be good and you get out there to find it isn't. Predictwind is the best by a mile in my estimation, having tried a lot of them. The fact they have a "Validation" function in the app so you can compare how accurate their forecasts were, kinda speaks to them being confident. The ECMWF model has historically been very very good, however they recently added ICON which looks promising. GFS and the other models, unreliable. Windy has both ECMWF and ICON available now. Honestly it's 99% of Predictwind. If you're an angler and you're not using one of Windy or PW you're missing out.
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Posted By: MJ
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2026 at 1:17pm
| One of the things that I find really good with Predictwind is that it gives you a picture over time across a whole region, so you can see how the wind develops over several days rather than just relying on a "snapshot" forecast. That really helps to build a useful picture. Unless you used the paid functions, it only gives you wind though - not rain or other stuff.I also like to see the differences it gives between the various prediction models. Its a great tool. |
Posted By: Pcj
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2026 at 4:30pm
  
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Posted By: Pcj
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2026 at 4:31pm
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top is windy for Friday Middle is Predict using pwg Bottom is predict ukmo What is UKMO on predict? ------------- "Times up" |