Seabreeze V's Willyweather - which is most accurate
Submitted by beeroclock on Tue, 2013-05-14 09:42
Ive always used seabreeze.com for scuba diving and boating condition forecasts. Recently i was told willyweather is more accurate by some guy i was chatting with at a barbie over summer. Since comparing the two there seems to be quite a wide variation between the two at times. For instance this weekend seabreeze says 12-15kn winds with no rain sunday while willyweather says around half that on sunday with some rain. Other times willyweather says much stronger winds than seabreeze. Which do you guys find the mmost accurate? personally I still favour seabreeze or are there other better sites available that im not aware of
Uluabuster
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I've been screwed over by
I've been screwed over by willy weather many times. I find seabreeze gives a better indication of weather conditions ahead but willy allows you to zoom into specific locations.
JoRn
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what eric said... i used
what eric said...
i used willy weather for jurien bay and it wasnt even close.
i use buoyweather/bom/seabreeze.
Beanz
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Hey mate i was looking at
Hey mate i was looking at doing a lano/jurien run and using willy weather as you can seach by location however readings/forecast was from gin gin airport...
i also use wind guru but generally compare from a number of sites.
cheers
Rob H
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Just use BOM and make your
Just use BOM and make your own judgement.
This problem comes about mainly because people nowadays are expecting an hour by hour forcast of the weather 7-14 days ahead. And if the weather change is a few hours late or early its "wrong".
BOM is where all the data comes from (or their partners). But just because they dont give it hour by hour doesnt mean its less sophisticated.
We know (or should know) how patterns work here on the west coast better than a forecast computer based somewhere overseas.
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funngames
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URL
Hi Rob, do you mind to put up the URL of where you look on BOM? I have had a look around and can't see it. Chances are its staring at me!
greatly appreciated!
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Rob H
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http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/fore
http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/forecasts/map.shtml
having said that BOM has gone downhill since they changed the way they write the marine forecast.
Used to have a more comprehensive write up than now.
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AlwaysFishin
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I don't like seabreeze. I've
I don't like seabreeze. I've never had a problem with willyweather and as such it's my preferred site.
MattMiller
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The key
is to use more than one forecaster and make your own judgements from that.
I use - Seabreeze, willyweather, windfinder and BOM.
Is this the one your thinking of RobH? http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/watl/wind/index.jsp
Muppet
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Remember that
sites like willy weather get their info from BOM anyway. Then a group of blokes aka, forecasters over east make their own interpretations about the weather.
I think the only one that doesnt use BOM information is Buoy weather.
I reckon the best way is to wait for the dew to fall of the roof and stick your head out the window !
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snappermiles
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willy weather
apparently willy weather has just done a big upgrade on how they forcast the winds. but im like matt use as many sources as possible bom seabreeze bouyweather and willyweather
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paulsmez
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Never mind the weather...
it's a weed forecast website we need.
Justo82
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Out of those 2 i find sea
Out of those 2 i find sea breeze the better and easier option. But better still, use the BOM website and get some basic knowledge on how to read a synoptic chart.
Remember High pressure systems have anti-clockwise rotation and low pressure systems have clockwise rotation. The direction of the winds will line up with the isobars. The closer the isobars are together, the larger the swell will be and the stronger the winds. This is a very basic way to look at at, but works very well.
fishing fanatic
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I use bom and willy weather
I use bom and willy weather last 6 trips willy weather has been the only one thats spot on!! seabreeze i find isnt all that great
Decella
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You need to see where the
You need to see where the current info is being recorded from.
Willy weather for Two Rocks comes from Pearce airbase which is 20-30 kms as the crow flys and we all know the weather at the base of the hills is never even close.
The best bet by miles for real time info is seabreeze rotto as it is 20kms out and will be the best true forecast. You will however in summer get a stronger wind inland than Rotto as the easterly starts to die off.
Mandurah is also a classic. It will give you lighter winds that the true forecast as the station is somewhat inland.
Rob H
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I think you are talking
I think you are talking about observations not forecasts?
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Decella
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True Rob.
True Rob.
Real time but still Rotto is the most accurate by a mile.
Ericl
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Hi DecellaCan you please
Hi Decella
Can you please advise how you set seabreeze to Rotto. I haven't been able to find that option
Thanks
Eric
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Decella
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Eric when you go one
Eric when you go one seabreeze as metro just scroll down the page.
Click on WA and then Metro and scroll as it will give you a variety of weather stations in the area.
It will only give you current wind speed not a forecast as such. Same with the swell.Seabreeze gives you a swell forecast but if you click on beach cameras on the left hand side of the page it will give you real time swell data once you scroll down past the beach cameras.
The blue line in the graph is rotto and as a rule is always lighter by half a metre than the forecast.Some days more.
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biographer.com all the way!
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Ericl
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Seabreeze details
Thanks for that Decella, I'll give that a go
Eric
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Mattb123
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If you look out side and it
If you look out side and it is borderline windy, then look at seabreeze if you kinda want to stay home, look at willyweather if you want to be convinced it is worth heading out.