Ocean conditions forecast

[Crunchy]

I am looking to fish either Neah Bay or Westport Thursday-Friday.  Trying to get an accurate forecast of conditions.  What app or website does everyone use? I have been using magicseaweed.com but thought I would see what other info is out there.  Magicseaweed.com say 5ft at 8 seconds which is pretty lumpy.

[h20hunter]

Google up noaa marine puget sound...

[h20hunter]

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[fishngamereaper]

Windy combined with NOAA. Generally somewhere in the middle.
Also ventusky is good for pinpoint stuff...

[Stein]

I don't fish out in the big pond, but Windy is the best I have found.  They have multiple models that are often vastly different in predictions, so you need to know which model happens to line up well with a specific area.  For Puget Sound, I look at ECMWF although there is a new ECMWF+ I need to learn more about.

[Crunchy]

for fishing in the sound I use windy just for wind, for big water I was looking for swell and wind to get a good idea of what to expect. Neah is a 4-5 hr drive.  so I don't want to make the trip if the water is too nasty.

[Stein]

Windy gives me four swell models, I have no idea how good they are or if there are better options.  I imagine there is buoy data somewhere.

[Fidelk]

Thursday and Friday look pretty good......for both 10 miles and 60 miles out (Neah Bay and south). I'll try and grab a buoy link.

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KSEW.html

[Longfield1]

I use the app windfinder and its usually pretty good.  A little more accurate compared to NOAA, as NOAA is more general area.

[fishngamereaper]

Both windy and ventusky have a swell options, primary swell, secondary, and time/interval/distance...

Most all NOAA bouys offshore are off station so live updates are impossible. The west entrance bouy has been off station for a year...
The GH bouy may has been hit and miss.


And .. it's Monday.  So the current forecast will change 8 times between now and Thur..

But .. Windy has been pretty accurate out 3-4 days pretty consistent for the last couple years.

[Crunchy]

well fingers crossed for Hali, ling, rockfish and salmon trip later this week.  taken the new boat out of Westport a couple of times.  Now need to do the same at Neah.

[fishngamereaper]

I'll be up there if you run into any issues.

[metlhead]

This year seems like the swell forecast on NOAA is only accurate the day before. Got buddies that come up from Oregon, and planning is tough when I gotta tell them to wait. Seven planned trips, and only made it out twice. First time was unpredicted crappy.

[dilleytech]

Windfinder is pretty accurate usually. Compare what it’s showing now to real time buoy data.

[Bareback]

https://a.atmos.washington.edu/data/marine_report.html

https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/neah_bay_buoy

https://www.sailflow.com/map#47.95,-124.385,8,2