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I was wondering if there is anywhere on the net that allows you to access the virtual buoy data for a specific longtitude and latitude in bar graph form. I find the coloured contour plots hard to work out the exact predicted value...

buoyweather.com

you may need to subscribe - not sure.

Yes, you will need to subscribe, it's not bad - about $70 for the year from memory. The whole service was originally designed to support ships at sea that could only receive burst transmission via inmarsat - so its probably all just solid text. We had to design an application to turn it into the bar graph but I think the guys that run the site could help you out as well. I have always found them to be very user friendly and very good value for your annual subscription.

Ohh, ok, didn't realise that buoyweather offered that as a service.

What are peoples thoughts on the accuracy of buoyweather? I used to use it alot when I first started surfing, but found that the wind predictions were usually pretty funky and eventually started just using swellnet, and the realtime buoys and weatherzone for current conditions...

It's as accurate as anything out there imo. You just gotta be clear that the only weather map that counts is the one drawn from real time data (ie what's actually happened).

Aust east coast is particularly hard on computer models, esp this time of year.