Orford Sailing Club
Links

This page contains links to some useful sites. Please remember that navigation or weather information on the Internet may not always be accurate or up to date.

Weather

Weather at Sea

Met Office Inshore Waters Forecast for Gibraltar Point (the Wash) to North Foreland
Met Office Shipping Forecast
Top Karten GFS weather maps for Western Europe

Coastal Weather

Met Office 5 day forecast for Felixstowe
XC Weather GFS forecast for Orford Sailing Club
Windguru 7 day GFS forecast for Walton-on-the-Naze

Navigation and Tides

Tidal Predictions

The most complete tide tables are published by the Port of London Authority. These show tides from Walton-on-the-Naze to London Bridge for the next four years. To calculate tides for Orford Quay, use the predictions for Walton-on-the-Naze and add 40 minutes for HW and 55 minutes for LW. You'll also need to add an hour for BST during the summer.

Other tide predictions:
UKHO EasyTide – free predictions for the next seven days
UKHO EasyTide – Orford Quay
UKHO EasyTide – Orford Haven Bar
Current tides at Harwich and Lowestoft with actual and predicted sea levels

Local Navigation

Ore and Deben Entrances at www.eastcoastrivers.com. Also covers Southwold, Walton Backwaters, Brightlingsea and River Crouch.
East Coast Pilot with updates, corrections and local news
Crossing the Thames Estuary by Roger Gaspar, with updates and corrections