Scuba Weather

ScubaWeather would not exist if it were not for the wealth of weather data that is available online. Once a day we download the following:

Basic atmospheric, oceanic, and wave forecast netcdf files from the NOMADS servers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is the same data used by providers such as Weather Underground, AccuWeather, WeatherBug, the WeatherChannel, and the weather app you may use on your phone. We use this data to generate the
- Water Temperature Forecast.
- Meteorological Forecast.
- Current Forecast.
- Wind Forecast.
- GFSWave (WaveWatchIII) wave data to support the execution of SWAN.
for each dive site.
Spectral data from the Terra MODIS and Aqua MODIS satellites operated by NASA. This data goes into our daily visibility estimates for each dive site.
Visible images from the GOES 16 and GOES 17 weather satellites so you have easy access to the satellite pictures. These are seen at the bottom of each Regions page.
We use Oregon State University's Topex/Poseidon tidal model to generate the Tidal Forecast for each dive site.
We use the archived, satellite-derived sea surface temperature data avaible from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System PacIOOS to generate the Coral Bleaching Index for each dive site.
We provide a link for each island to the FAA’s METAR’s (translating roughly from the French as Aviation Routine Weather Report) and the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) so you can see the current and forecast conditions for the main airport of each island.