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Internet links to forecasts for the Mediterranean broadcast under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) via VHF, NAVTEX and Inmarsat/Iridium EGC.
Related pages -
- Inmarsat/Iridium EGC services
- Metarea 1, NW Europe
- Metarea 2, SW Europe
- Metareas 4-21, Rest of the world
Fast GMDSS links
The WMO WWMIWS site site has fast links to texts of many NAVTEX messages in Metarea 3.
NOTE These texts cannot be obtaineed using the Sailmail/Saildocs text retrieval service.
Links to forecasts
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France
NOTE With a tablet it is easy to use the Météo France App for all marine forecasts and warnings (BMS)
Sea area forecasts
Inshore waters (Bullétins cotiere)]]
- Frontière espagnole - à Port Camargue
- De Port-Camargue à Saint-Raphaël
- De Saint-Raphaël à Menton
- Zone côtière autour de la Corse
NOTE These inshore waters texts can be bookmarked but are not accessible using the Saildocs text retrieval service.
Spain
Coastal Forecasts
- W Andalucía, Gibraltar Strait, Ceuta
- E Andalucía, Melilla, Alborán
- Murcia, Valencia
- Cataluña
- Ilas Baléares
NOTE - Texts of Coastal forecasts are in Spanish and include reports of actual weather. Outlooks may be for one or two days depending on time of issue
Italy
NOTE. In Italian. Relevant parts of these texts are broadcast on NAVTEX 490kHz and on VHF. The WWMIWS page does not show the 518kHz, English language version.
Malta
Croatia
- Sea Area Bulletin --- 24 hours plus 12 hour outlook (In English)
Turkey
Greece
- High Seas forecast --- The text of the INMARSAT, NAVTEX and VHF broadcast forecasts.
- Menu of charts of forecast winds
Israel
3-Dayand Forecast for the Mediterranean
Synopsis in English and 3-day "Grid point" forecasts
Sea temperatures
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