Powered by PredictWind Weather Routing
Using the power of the PredictWind Weather Routing, Departure Planning compares four departure dates and associated weather conditions to enable you to make the best departure decision.
Departure Planning performs 16 billion calculations in the PredictWind cloud. This data is then summarized to ensure selecting a safe start to your passage is both easy and stress-free.
Overview video
Take 45 seconds to learn how Departure Planning can make your next passage a whole lot simpler.
Choose forecast models
Select which forecast models to use in the departure plan. We recommend our top performing long range forecast models are used as the default selection.
Know how your boat will fare
See roll, vertical acceleration and slamming incidence percentages for each departure date. Only available on Professional accounts.
Detailed sea state data
Behind the scenes, we’re utilising primary, secondary, tertiary swell, and wind wave data, along with 3D hydrodynamic modelling to calculate how your specific hull shape will perform in the forecasted wave conditions. This gives you the most accurate Weather Routing on earth and Departure Plans that take the guess work out of your decision-making process.
Know what weather is ahead
See the average, maximum, and minimum wind speeds, wave height, direction and period, ocean currents, cape and rain that you’ll encounter on your route. Also view how much of your route will be upwind, reaching and downwind, for each departure date.
