Local Sailing Conditions

Weather

NOAA forcast

Current forecast for Vineyard Haven
Massachusetts Coastal Forecast

Dial-a-Buoy - BUZM3

Look for an XML-RPC or SOAP spew to slurp and parse. Look at www.xmethods.net. Also consider geo::weather

Tides

Listed east to west. These charts were generated at: May-09-2008 21:58 EDT

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Wasque Point, Massachusetts 41.3633° N, 70.4500° W

tidal graph

Edgartown, Massachusetts 41.3883° N, 70.5117° W

tidal graph

Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 41.4583° N, 70.5550° W

tidal graph

Woods Hole, Massachusetts 41.5233° N, 70.6717° W

tidal graph

Cedar Tree Neck, Massachusetts 41.4350° N, 70.6967° W

tidal graph

Squipnocket Point, Massachusetts 41.3117° N, 70.7683° W

tidal graph

Quicks Hole, Massachusetts 41.4483° N, 70.8567° W

tidal graph

I am sorry to report that several of the harmonics we used to post here are no longer considered accurate by the author of the xtide software (Vineyard Haven harbor in particular). Anyone mathematically inclined who would like to help calculate tidal offsets for other locations on the island, please get in touch and I will explain what needs to be done.

Astronomic

Rising/Setting

Suss calculations at: Naval sun/moon rise/set tables.

Moon Phase

Do yet another rewrite on the venerable code in gkrelmmoon and make a general purpose graphic spewer

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