Resources

The following is a list of useful websites for paddlers:

Tides

Easy Tide Tidal Information, Rothesay

Easy Tide Tidal Information, Oban

Easy Tide Tidal Information, Greenock

Weather

Beaufort Scale (wind speed scale, Met Office)

Met Office Forecast

UK Surface Pressure Charts (Met Office)

Inshore Forecast (Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including Clyde, Met Office)

Inshore Forecast (Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point, Met Office)

Inshore Forecast (Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath, Met Office)

Wind Guru (Link for Largs forecast)

xcweather (wind map for UK)

Magic Seaweed (UK pressure charts/surf reports)

Ocean Weather (wave height)

Sea State (sea state definitions)

Miscellaneous

Scottish Canoe Association

BCU Star Level tests

Ship AIS (ship identification, live feed, Clyde Estuary)

Marine and Coastguard Agency

RNLI (main)

RNLI (Largs)

Marine VHF Radio (wikipedia)

Rivers

UK Rivers Guidebook

Sea

UK Sea Kayak Guidebook