Where can I get an accurate Ocean weather forecast?

[Pilar]

That's 3 bad predictions in a row NOAA!!!!

In Newport on Friday, 5'swell and 2'seas, 15 kt South winds predicted.

I was there and it was more like 6 and 3 20kts and really rough.

Saturday, 6 and 3, 20 kt south winds

Reality? Drive to the chicken ranch on a flat ocean. Big swell, no wind and smooth running. I lapped the green bouy at Yaquina and went bad in with a sick engine. It was hard because the Ocean was so nice.

Sunday.... I'm at home because they predicted 8 and 4 and 25 kt SW winds at B-10. Just got a phone call from Krystalflash. His dad is there, limited in short order at B-10. And once again NOAA might as well be talking about the weather at Cape Hatteras Oregon inlet. It was nice at B-10 today.

I guess next weekend I'll consult my weather rock. Or just go to the hole and the hell with the internet weather predictions.

How can they screw it up so badly 3 days in a row. Does anyone have a weather forecaster that knows what the weather is going to do at least some of the time??

[RKB]

Pilar
Hope to see you out there next weekend maybe we can cross at the same time agian
and have a ifish floatilla.If you find a better weather site let me know.I'm watching the weather on the coast cams and getting a bad itch to be there only 2 more day and I'm Ilwaco bound.RON (RKB) images/icons/wink.gif

[sturgn]

Come on Deepsleeper it wasn't that bad! images/icons/smile.gif Was it? images/icons/frown.gif We had funt though I'm with pilar, wish it could be predicted a little better! Never know till you get out there! B10 rest of the week!

later!

[hoochie]

Pilar, try this: www.marineweather.com (http://www.marineweather.com)

I found it a few weeks ago and really liked what it does and has.

[Hookset]

Without taking the time to look at the above links, I'll post the one I use most frequently.

NWS Portland (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Portland/)

Everthing I need to know about weather can be found from this page. When you first open this page up, look at the map of Oregon. Small craft warnings along the coast are displayed in green and updated several times during the day, I found the warning accurate. If you move the cursor over the radar image types, the map displays that particualr image without having to open a different page. The menu on the left provides access to the marine waether, forcast and current observations as well as cams and other weather related info.

Gregg

[Deepslayer]

I know what you are talking about Pillar. I was out at Newport Friday with Sturgn. We were expecting 3 foot swells.
After getting past the bar, which was ridiculous, we fought our way out about nine miles and voted to come back in.
It was nothing but six foot criss cross chop with whitecaps all over. Definitely an E ticket ride.
When we got back in there were still no flags posted at the coast guard station. I couldn't belive it.
I don't think there is anywhere to get accurate weather predictions on the west coast.
The only way to beat the system is to live on the coast. Look out your window in the morning and then decide to go. Maybe some day when I retire I will do that. For now it's waste the gas from Albany. And waste the vacation days.
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[Torchman]

Pilar,
This is the site I check every morning with my coffee!!! Real time data from the offshore NOAA buoys. As you said, many times the forecast, and actual conditions don't quite match..... images/icons/rolleyes.gif
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Northwest.shtml

[Kerry]

Try this but you might go to the home page and start with you're zip code web page (http://www.weatherunderground.com/MAR/) images/icons/grin.gif

[finclipped]

The forcast kept me off the water yesterday, but it sounds like I could have fished. It seems like the only way to know whats going on, is to check the bouy the morning of the trip. The above links are all good, but the forcasts are always the same. Hence I think they all get their forecasts from the same place. Here is the buoy for the Columbia Bar. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?$station=46029