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A weather forecast is a MUST each and every time you plan your boating, and again before you leave the ramp or mooring.
Imagine how in valuable it would be to KNOW the actual wind peak and average speed and direction at seven different strategic locations around the Northern Region:
- Tiritiri Matangi Island
- Bean Rock
- Tamaki Strait (Passage Rock)
- Channel Island
- Manukau Heads
- South Kaipara Head
- Tutukaka
* New sites are planned for the northern and west coasts and will be progressively added to the Nowcasting system.
Every minute this information is updated and broadcast continuously along with the latest weather forecast and tides on VHF Channel 21 (Waitemata and Manukau Harbours, inner Hauraki Gulf) Channel 20 (outer Hauraki Gulf), Channel 22 (West Coast - Kawhia to Manukau Heads) and Channel 23 (West Coast - Kaipara).
Coastguard Northern region members can have this information text messaged to their cellphone at no charge*.
Please fill in the form below to request this service. Please note you must register your cellphone number to receive the messages back at no charge. Allow 2 working days for registration. Other cellphone numbers can also use the system, but they are charged 99c for every data message sent back.
* first 50 data returns per annum are complimentary to Coastguard Northern Region Members. Thereafter each access attracts a fee of 99 cents.
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