[See also the Cyclone & Tsumani page]

Wind

Observations

QuikSCAT Winds 25km also high-res 12km - from NOAA
ASCAT Winds 50km also at 25km - from NOAA
ASCAT Winds 25km - from KNMI

NOAA Ocean Surface Winds - ERS-2 and SSM/I data

Satellite derived cloud-track winds - (East Australia region) - from CIMSS, Uni. of Wisc.
Satellite derived cloud-track winds - from NRL

The Beaufort Wind Scale - reference table including photos

Forecasts

New Zealand MetService - homepage
» NZ MetService Marine Warnings (coastal and oceanic covering 25S-55S, 150E-120W)
» High Seas Forecasts - Subtropic, Forties, Pacific and Southern
» warnings/forecasts also listed at: Meteo France GMDSS - METAREA XIV

Australia Bureau of Meteorology - homepage
» National Warnings Summary - including Ocean Wind Warnings
» High Seas Forecasts - NE and SE for western Tasman Sea

Fiji Meteorological Service - homepage
» RSMC Nadi - Fiji Warnings and Advisories (tropics area covering Eq-25S, 160E-120W)
» see also SW Pacific forecasts for the "Islands" Marine Bulletin

 

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Waves / Swell

Observations

surf.co.nz - reports and cams (may have to register for free)

Marsden Point - wave buoy, sea/swell info + spectra
Environment BoP - wave buoy
Port Taranaki - swell, wave, tide and wind data
Environment Canterbury - Directional Wave Recorder Buoy
NIWA sea levels and storm surge

Australia/NZ marine obs map - Oceanweather Inc.
South Pacific buoy/ship ob maps - Offshore Weather Data

Forecasts

NIWA Canterbury Wave Conditions
NIWA Sig. Wave Forecast - for the New Zealand/Tasman Sea region

SwellMap.com - Great source for Aus/NZ model data
Marineweather - with animated swell charts and graphs
WetSand.com - with North/South Island maps and bar graphs
BuoyWeather.com - NZ Virtual Buoy Map
FNMOC Wave Watch 3 - Global wave model
» or straight to South Pacific maps of swell wave height and direction
NOAA Wavewatch III - Global wave model (interactive interface)
Wave height/direction - Australia/NZ (from Oceanweather.com)

 

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Sea surface temperatures

Australian Navy online data - links to interactive maps with near REAL-TIME data,
» eg. US Naval Oceanographic Office K10 SST Analysis
NOAA OceanWatch - latest 3-day AVHRR-GAC SST's
Oceanweather Inc. - Australia/NZ
Australian Bureau of Meteorology - monthly mean and anomaly (last month)

 

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Tides

Land Information NZ - Tide Tables for standard and secondary ports
NIWA Tide Forecaster - with interactive map
OceanFun - NZ Tide Graphs

 

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Ice and Antarctic Data

NOAA National Ice Center
» Daily Ice Edge - launch graphical products here, or direct to Antarctic Ice Edge Text Messages
» Antarctic Icebergs - current/recent positions
Polar View - with interactive map of the Antarctic ice edge
NCEP Global GFS Vessel Icing Forecasts - animations and static images

Antarctic real-time meteorological data - University of Wisconsin-Madison AWS and AMRC
» including AWS/Ship observations, satellite imagery and NWP data