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Long Range Weather Forecasts

for planning passages (click this link for tips on long term weather window forecasting).

The following links are listed in order of sites I find provide the most accurate long term predictions.

Weather Forecasts for Passage making from Predict Wind. This remarkable weather prediction site is the least expensive way to get advanced weather routing - the kind you get from professional racing weather services and high-end navigation plotting software. It is also a very easy to use weather prediction resource for local sailing anywhere in the world.

US NAVY Aus/NZ area - NOGAPS Model
(You can now compare maps from two global models from each day's map page).
US NAVY Aus/NZ area - GFS Model
US NAVY public website
US NAVY tropical cyclone center

Online Weather for Aus/NZ
UK Online Sailing weather (wind gribs for a week)

Multi-models on Weatherzone (7 models+ special Australian model).

WindFinder Noumea
WindFinder Noumea Area Local Winds and Weather

NOAA Wind and Wave Forecasts
IGES 144hr 6 day forecast Aus/NZ
GFS 9 day sea level synopsis
MetVuw.com 7 day sailing forecast from NZ

Short term Weather Forecasts

The best quick look at the current weather (in addition to looking outside).

Latest IR satellite image - Fiji updated every hour on the half hour.

New Caledonia Weather forecasts
(use the first link below if the other Meteo France links show a page not found notice - they change to a "light" site when too many people want weather info during cyclone alerts!!)
New Caledonia Meteo
Noumea Weather
Marine Bulletin
Wind forecast
Weather Chart
4-7 Day Forecast (in French)
Satellite images
Cyclone track

Fiji Meteo
Fiji Meteo - good cyclone tracking map.
Fiji Satellite Images - the best central pacific satellite images
6AM Fiji Time IR satellite image today

Australia Meteo
Australian Meteo Marine Services
Aus Satellite Images
Mean Sea Level Chart
High Seas Forecast
Severe Weather
4 day forecast charts

Order your cruising guides on DVD

Order a DVD with the Windows Installation Programs for the Nautical Rocket Guide to New Caledonia and the Tourism Rocket Guide to New Caledonia.

This is an excellent gift for someone who plans on cruising, chartering, surfing, kayaking or diving in New Caledonia.

AUD$165.00 includes air mail to your billing address or paypal address.

AUD$185.00 air mailed to a transient address (eg. a marina or postal address in a country other than your billing address).

Allow 1 to 4 weeks delivery depending on your address.

If you are also planning to cruise Vanuatu, we have a special offer for all 4 guides that includes the New Caledonia cruising and tourism guides plus the latest Nautical Rocket Guide to Vanuatu and it's companion Tourism Guide to Vanuatu.

This option covers all the islands of Vanutu and New Caledonia, so you can plan your cruise in both these south Pacific destinations.

AUD$260.00 includes air mail to your billing address or paypal address.

AUD$280.00 air mailed to a transient address (eg. a marina or postal address in a country other than your billing address).

Allow 1 to 4 weeks delivery depending on your address.

Download Your Cruising Guides Right Now

If you want the guides without delay and have a good fast Internet connection you can download the guides.

After payment you will be transferred to a page with installation instructions and download links. At the same time you will also be sent a receipt for your purchase and a separate email with the links and more detailed installation and activation instructions.

The links are only valid 48 hours so be ready to do the big downloads within 48 hours.
You MUST use a download manager like www.freedownloadmanager.org to assure the download will be uncorrupted. Many people who do not use a download manager have problems and waste their time and mine with download issues. In the end they use a download manager program and have no problem. So do it right the first time, please, the download manager program does not cost anything and will greatly speed up the download for you. You'll be happy to have it in the future whenever you want to download a file from the Internet.

Before you can use the cruising guide you will need to activate it on the computer you will use while cruising (it will only work on the computer you activate it on). If you use another computer to download the files (for example your office or home computer), transfer the downloaded files to your cruising computer via a USB key and then install and activate it. (The companion tourism guide does not need activation).

For details on downloading and installing the guides click here.

For details on activation of the cruising guide click here.

Download the Cruising Guide to New Caledonia - Windows Installation Program 589MB and the companion Activity and Travel Guide 747MB. AUD $155.00.

The download links are valid for 48hrs.

Download the 4 guides to Vanuatu and New Caledonia (300MB + 589MB +747MB + 567MB) for AUD $240.00

The download links are valid for 48hrs.