What is the best online swell and wind reprt for St Simons area?

• Oct 17, 2017

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Scallen

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Hey folks. Looking for suggestions of what y'all think the best online ocean swell and wind report sites are for the St Simons area. I found this one for tides, and seems OK for swell, but wondering if y'all had other favorites.

http://www.tides4fishing.com/us/georgia/stsimons-island

 

• Oct 18, 2017

• #2

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Jimmy Lee Armel

Senior Member

Scallen said:

Hey folks. Looking for suggestions of what y'all think the best online ocean swell and wind report sites are for the St Simons area. I found this one for tides, and seems OK for swell, but wondering if y'all had other favorites.

http://www.tides4fishing.com/us/georgia/stsimons-island

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http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS52.KCHS.html

 

• Oct 18, 2017

• #3

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supermilo

New Member

For St Simons, use --> http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS52.KJAX.html

 

• Oct 18, 2017

• #4

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Scallen

Member

Cool. Thanks, guys. This will work well in conjunction with that tide chart.

 

• Oct 18, 2017

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jfish

Senior Member

Good winds for the week again I see...

 

• Oct 19, 2017

• #6

Heisenberg

Member

Several of my friends and I use reefcast by saltwatercentral. it is free.

http://saltwatercentral.com/ReefCast-Offshore-Weather-Forecast.html

it provides wind speed/direction, wave heights/periods, swell direction for whatever location you choose.

 

• Oct 19, 2017

• #7

doomtrpr_z71

Senior Member

I like the sailflow and windfinder apps for Android

 

• Oct 20, 2017

• #8

Fatback1

Senior Member

swellinfo.com

Its a surfing site but it has very good wave, wind, tide, and temp information. Forecasts seem to be dead on. You will have to look at the report for Tybee, but it should reflect whats happening on St Simons.

 

• Oct 20, 2017

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Scallen

Member

Well, the NOAA site was the only one to nail it today - and the only one I didn't look at first. We saw 1.3 - 2 foot on two different sites and decided to head out. Short lived when we got out to the mouth of the sound and ran head on into 5-6 footers with pretty short intervals - and this in 50 feet of water. Curses! Foiled again!

 

• Oct 21, 2017

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Scallen

Member

Heisenberg said:

Several of my friends and I use reefcast by saltwatercentral. it is free.

http://saltwatercentral.com/ReefCast-Offshore-Weather-Forecast.html

it provides wind speed/direction, wave heights/periods, swell direction for whatever location you choose.

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Ooo, I like this one. I can't tell - is that "significant" wave height? I've learned (the hard way) that that is only part of the waves one will see.