Weather Forecast for Marine Seismic Operation

Since 1999, Buoyweather.com has provided detailed, customized marine weather report and forecast. I have been using the data from this site for more than 5 years and so far proved to be reliable and useful indeed for a seismic survey planing.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather bouys are high tech weather instruments anchored out at sea provide valuable data to the mariner. They give a glimpse of current ocean conditions by reporting the wind speeds and swell heights every hour via satellite. Buoyweather provides a different way of looking at the data. The pages emphasize graphs for easy trend analysis and adds a height and period derived surf forecast

If for a particular location that does not have real weather buoy nearby, a virtual buoy is the next best thing, or better in some ways. Virtual Buoys bring quality marine weather forecasts to remote areas of the world.

Buoyweather have over eight years historical weather data that include wave, wind, and period data can be charted for any point on Earth. Knowing what happened in the past is key to forecasting the future. This provides valuable insight on what you might expect next. And would be handy in bidding for a job especially when client (the oil companies) trying to squezee the survey in a very tight window period toward the raining season.