Weather and Tides Information

Weather

Inshore Forecast
UK inshore weather forecasts supplied by the Met Office

Shipping Forecast and Gale Warnings
Offshore shipping forecasts supplied by the Met Office

BBC Weather Centre
Supplies online inshore and shipping forecasting, pressure charts and tide tables

Data Buoys
Recent marine data from data buoys - supplied by NDBC

Theyr Precision Weather Planner
Advanced weather forecast service

WindGuru

Weather forecasts for wind surfing and other wind related sports

Met Eireann
Marine forecasting for Eire and Northern Ireland

MarineCall
Coastal, inshore and offshore UK sea area weather information delivered direct to your mobile by SMS, MMS and WAP. Commerical service provided by the Met Office

Marine Institute
Irish weather buoys

CEFAS
Wavenet UK and Ireland weather buoys from CEFAS

XCWeather.co.uk
Up to date observations from around UK can also be accessed by WAP phone includes buoy reports

Meteo France
English channel weather from France

Wetterzentrale.de
German site with long range forecasts and familiar met office charts

Weatheronline.co.uk
Information for around the world

Tides

BBC Tides
Free 7-day tidal forecasting

Admirality EasyTide
Comprehensive online tidal prediction service supplied by the UKHO

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Provides a range of oceanographic products and services

WXTide32
Free, easy to use tidal prediction software for Windows

Radio

Tune in to the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast for reports and forecasts of weather for the seas around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.

There are four broadcasts per day:

0048 - transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 0051, an inshore waters forecast at 0053 and further weather reports at 0055. The broadcast finishes at approximately 0058, and is followed by a short goodnight message and the closedown of the station for the night.

0520 - transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 0525, and an inshore waters forecast at 0527.

1201 - transmitted on longwave only.

1754 - transmitted on longwave only on weekdays and on both FM and Longwave at weekends.