Related pages
- Inmarsat/Iridium EGC services
- Metarea 2, SW Europe
- Metarea 3, Mediterranean and Black Sea
- 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 1.
NOTE These NAVTEX messages cannot be bookmarked nor obtained using the Sailmail/Saildocs text retrieval service.
UK High Seas, Offshore Sea Areas and Inshore waters
The following URLs can be used by Saildocs.
- High Seas forecast on Inmarsat/Iridium EGC for Metarea I --- Issued viaat 0930/2130 UTC
- UK Met Office UK Waters Shipping Forecas and Warningst --- Issued at 0505/1130/1725/2330 Local Clock Time
- Extended Outlooks for UK Shipping forecast areas ---Separate forecasts issued around midnight for each UK NAVTEX station.
- UK Inshore Waters Forecast --- Issued by the Met Office at about 0000/0600/1200/1800/ UTC. Includes area 50 nm around Shetland and the Channel Isles area.
Also
Actual reports around UK coasts --- Updated hourly.
Irish Coastal waters
- Coastal waters forecasts around Ireland and Gale Warnings
- Irish buoy reports
- Irish land station reports
Germany
Home page
List of marine forecats
English texts of DWD marine forecasts
These are in English, except where noted
- German coastal Forecasts.
- N Sea shipping forecast in German
- S Baltic shipping forecast in German
- North Sea and S Baltic 36 hours + trend in text
- German Bight, West & South Baltic "Wind" forecast in German
- North Sea General Synopsis and 3 day Grid point forecasts
- S Baltic General Synopsis and 3 day Grid point forecasts
- English Channel to Gibraltar Synopsis & 3-day "Grid point" forecats
This last includes waters around the British Isles as well as Biscay, Madeira, the Canaries etc.
The Netherlands
Jersey Met Office
French Sea and Coastal areas forecasts
Météo-France Marine Home page
NOTE With a tablet it is easy to use the Météo France App for all marine forecasts and warnings (BMS)
Inshore Forecasts (Bullétins Cotiere)
- De la frontière belge à la baie de Somme
- De la baie de Somme au cap de la Hague
- Du cap de la Hague à Penmarc'h
Offshore forecasts(Bulletins au large)
'NOTE All these texts can be bookmarked but are not accessible using the Saildocs text retrieval service.
Norway
The Norwegian Met Service Home page
- Coastal waters forecasts (in English)
- Norwegian Sea Areas Forecasts ( in English)
- Latest actuals - some coastal
- Arctic Sea Ice
- Bergen Weather Radar
Iceland
Icelandic Met Service Home page
- Icelandic Shipping Forecast --- In English at 04:30, 10:03, 16:30 and 22:10 UTC)
Denmark , Greenland, Numap Isua and Faeroes
Danish Meteorological Institute Home page
- Danish Sea Areas --- Southern Baltic and North Sea, Greenland, Numap Isua and Faeroes
Sweden
- Baltic Sea Area Forecasts --- In English. ssued by the Swedish Met service - SMHI
- Sea level - recnt actuals and 5 day forecasts
Heights relate to average sea levels.
Finland
- Forecast Gulf of Finland, Northern Baltic, Sea of Aaland and Archipelago, Gulf of Bothnia --- In English.
- Two days actual and two day forecast sea levels
Heights relate to average sea levels.
Baltic States and Poland
For sea area forecasts, use the Finnish or Swedish services.
- Estonia ---Baltic sea area texts, Vector wind charts,Current and Sea level forecasts, Coastal actual rports. All in English.
- Latvia --- Sea area orecast
- Lithuania - Short period marine forecast in wind vector format
- Poland --- Forecast in text.
For more Baltic links go to my page Baltic Forecast Sources