Weather for Sailors
Module 1, Fundamentals and planning for a 3+ day Coastal Passage
This is a resource page for those enrolled into the Weather for Sailors training course.
Please bookmark this page as additional resources will be added throughout the course. For course dates, please click here.
MS Teams Link
Join the course via MS Teams click here
Meeting ID: 478 983 648 367 02
Meeting Password: zV766Lp9
The meetings will be open 30 mins before the starting time of 7:00pm.
The meeting link is for all 3 sessions
Pre Course Learning
We ask all students to complete some pre-learning prior to attending Session 2.
The ORCV uses Learnupon for delivery of this content . An email with login details will be sent to you ~2 weeks before Session 1.
Completing this online content is estimated to take roughly 3-4 hours.
Knowledge Books
These books supplement the online theory and course content and are broken into 2 sections. Reading these books is estimated to take 2-4 hours.
Book 1
Book 2
Session Notes
2026 Weather Course Session 1 Presentation Slides
2026 Weather Course Session 2 Presentation Slides
2026 Weather Course Session 3 Presentation Slides
Session Recordings
2026 Weather Course Session 1
2026 Weather Course Session 2
2026 Weather Course Session 3
WhatsApp Group
We've established a WhatsApp Group for the instructors and participants of the 2025 Weather for Sailors course.
This is an optional, opt-in group chat and its purpose is to enable participants to ask questions of the instructors and fellow course participants and to enable knowlegde sharing.
Click here to join.
Contact your Instructors
Weather Tools
- Maritime Safety Information https://msi.nga.mil/Publications
- BayWinds http://www.baywx.com.au/
- ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) Long Range forecast charts. https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/medium-mslp-wind850?base_time=202406111200&projection=opencharts_australasia&valid_time=202406111200
- BOM weather Charts http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/
- BOM Marine and Ocean http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/index.shtml
- BOM MeteEye http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/
- BOM Live Coastal Weather http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/coastal.shtml
- BOM Tropical Region http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/glw_00z.shtml
- Windy https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?-37.816
- Predictwind https://www.predictwind.com/
- Grib Viewer https://www.predictwind.com/grib-files
- Predictwind Offshore App https://www.predictwind.com/apps/offshore-app#downloads
Apps to Download
Bom Weather in the Apple App or Google Play store
Windy App
Navionics called Boating
PredictWind Trial
Click here to access the 6 month trial.
The promo code is orcv25
If you have any issues, please contact the PredictWind support team.
Homework
Night 1
Route from SYC to Lakes Entrance
Night 2
Weather Course Homework Session 2
Winter Series Race GPX Files
Winter Series Blairgowrie Race
Winter Series Blairgowrie Return
Windy.com Tutorials
Click here to access the Windy tutorial: How to Plan Your Trip with Windy.com
Click here to access Windy tutorials.
PredictWind Article
Click here to access a PredictWind article, Marine Meteorology 3: Clouds
Weather Resources
BOM Video https://youtu.be/ka26qIGVEwE
