Surf Forecast Message Format

Your forecast will contain information on:
Wave Height (in feet) - as defined by the surfing wave height scale Wave Direction - the direction in which the waves are coming from Wave Period - the time, in seconds, between wave crests Wind Strength - using the Beaufort Scale (ie. Force numbers) Wind Direction - the direction in which the wind is blowing from

        An example forecast for Fistral,
        as it will appear on your mobile.
The standard text message can only be 160 characters long on most mobiles, so to fit in all five days of information, we have had to use abbreviations. All ItsGoingOff forecasts are given in the format:

4CAST NAME date Day1: wave height, swell direction, wave period; wind strength, wind direction Day2: wave height, etc. for days1 to 5.

Beach Checks Message Format

Beach check messages will be in plain English.

Wave Buoy Message Format

Your forecast will contain the most recent four hours of data of: Wave Height (in feet) - as defined by the surfing wave height scale Wave Period - the time, in seconds, between wave crests
Wind Strength - using the Beaufort Scale (ie. Force numbers)
Wind Direction - the direction in which the wind is blowing from

An example of buoy data from the Channel
buoy, as it will appear on your mobile.
The standard text message can only be 160 characters long on most mobiles, so we have had to use abbreviations. Wave buoy messages are given in the format

BUOY NAME date time1:wav=wave height, wave period, wnd=wind speed, wind direction