About this page
Useful meteorological and allied sites and ones which have asked for reciprocal links.
On this page -
- International & National Services
- General Weather Sites
- Clubs & Associations
- Cruising Yachting Links
- Charter & other Commercial Links
National Weather Services
- World Meteorological Organisation ---- Umbrella organisation co-ordinating services and agreeing standards
- ECMWF ---- Funded by a group of European Met services to develop forecasts beyond the next three days.
- Meteorological Office --- A world leader in weather prediction.
- le Guide Marine de Météo France
- US NOAA/NWS Marine site
- Danish Met Service
- Deutscher Wetterdienst
- Finnish Met Service
- Icelandic Met Service
- Irish Met Service
- Netherlands Met Service
- Norwegian Met Service
- Spanish Met Service
- Swedish Met Service
General Weather Links
- BBC Weather Centre ---- A useful alternative source for Met Office marine forecasts
- Climatic Research Unit ---- Source of much climate data
- Kayarchy - the sea kayaker's online handbook
- LIMERENCE "AAA" WEATHER --- Weather links from a cruising sailor
- Martin Stubbs' Marine page --- A useful reference site
- Metbrief ---- A wealth of data. A pity that the colour schemes do not make for ease of use.
- Model output and other weather charts
- Nokia Communicator, PDA links --- Aimed at handhelds, iTouch etc
- Ogimet --- A jumbo site with much basic coded data. Not the easiest site to use.
- Royal Meteorological Society --- Independent of the Met Offics. A learned society
- Rush2Go Weather page
- The UK Weather Information site
Clubs & Associations
- Adastral Park SC
- Bavaria Owners Association
- Chew Valley Lake SC
- Chichester Cruiser Racing Club
- Clyde Cruising Club
- Conference of Yacht Cruising Clubs
- Cruising Association ---- Members can give much help around the UK and Europe as well as further afield
- Cruising Association of Ireland
- East Cowes Sailing Club
- Erith Yacht Club
- Gerrards Cross SA
- Glasgow Kayak Club
- Gravesend YC
- Guildford Coastal CC
- Hallberg Rassy Owners Association
- Hayling Island SC
- Henley Offshore Group
- High Seas Sailing Club
- Hoo Ness YC
- Humber Yawl YC
- International E-Boat Class Assn
- Itchenor SC
- Jeanneau Association,
- Legend Owner's Association
- Little Ship Club
- Lyme Regis SC
- Lymington Town SC
- Manchester Cruising Association
- Moody Association
- Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club
- Ocean Cruising Club ---- Make your qualifying passage and benefit from help and advice worldwide
- Roach Sailing Association
- Penarth YC
- Penzance Sailing Club
- RAF YC
- Royal County of Berkshire YC
- Royal Cruising Club
- Rival Owners Association
- Ripon Motor Boat Club
- Royal Naval Club the Royal Albert YC, Portsmouth
- Royal Naval Sailing Association
- Royal Northumberland YC
- Royal Ocean Racing Club
- Royal Thames YC
- Royal Southern YC
- Royal Yachting Association ---- Every sailor should belong
- Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club
- Sea Cadets
- Shipmates Owner's Association
- Upnor SC
- Yarely Offshore SC
Cruising Yachting Links
- Decker Sailing ---- Doug and Judy Decker's site with logs, weather and other useful information
- Graham Rabbitts' Ariadne page ---- Another site with much interesting information for cruisers
- Noonsite ---- A source of cruisibg news worldwide
- Sea Dreamer
- Starboard Home Chronicles
- Ultimate Offshore Cruising Site
- Women and Cruising ---- By the author of Spanish for Cruisers and French for Cruisers
- Yacht Éowyn ---- Fascinating logs and more from a real long distance sailor in a very good boat - a HR40.
Sailing Schools, Charter and other Commercial Links
- Alia Sailing Pages
- Association of Sea Training Organisations
- Blue Moment Sailing Directory
- Bristol University Royal Navy Unit
- Circolo Nautica "V. Migliori"
- Climate Change (General Information site)
- "Coastal Station Reports" ---- Travel book celebrating the shipping forecast. Some Met Office and science history. Entertaining..
- Cruiser Log
- Cruising in Portugal ---- Notes on harbour entry and good general information. A little out of date, but still useful.
- Darthaven Marina
- Donald Perkins'
- French for Cruisers
- Gannets Away ---- Watch dolphins and whales from a 40 foot schooner off Sherkin Isle, Co Cork
- Gotland Charter
- Guide to Sailing Cruising Stories
- Hamble Marine Ltd
- Haslar Sea School
- Hobo Yachtingl A Sailing school - I know the owner!
- Ian Crowson's Yachting Services
- MailASail
- Manor Houses, Portugal
- Marshbrook Sailing Schools
- RCC Pilotage Foundation
- Sail James Cook
- SailMail
- SchoonerSail - Sailing Holidays
- Spanish for Cruisers
- UKHO EasyTide
- Weather Station Reviews
- WeatherShack.com---- For weather stations. wireless weather stations, home weather station and other instruments
- Wetstuff Ltd
- Yachting Direct, Mallorca
- Yacht Temple
