What is Ocean Tactics ?
OCEAN TACTICS - Passage Weather Tactics, Departure Planning, and Passage Management Strategies for Offshore and Planning for Coastal Passages. This is a paid weather service, discounted for C&OC Intl. members.
Ocean Tactics weather service is available for any vessel, power or sail, mono or multi up to 25m in length.
Ocean Passages
Passage Tactics - This allows us to get to know you and your vessel and is a necessary part of all Ocean Tactics engagements. During the lead up to the passage we’ll discus Comfort Levels for Wind and Wave, Vessel Characteristics and Conditions to expect on passage.
Passage Tactics also includes discussion briefings via WhatsApp just prior to departure to give you a full understanding of what to expect and detail factors that may influence your tactics on passage.
Once a suitable passage departure date has been agreed we will run a full weather routing for the passage including Wave, Current, CAPE and Gust forecasts with the latest information prior to departure.
Departure Planning - We work with you to pick the best weather window for any specified passage based on your personal perameters and that of the vessel as per the answers to the questions below.
Passage Management - Possibly the most important service for a safe and comfortable passage. This service makes sure you put the vessel in the right place to best take advantage of the weather thats coming as the passage proceeds. Updates are sent via email only.
Coastal Passages and Cruising a Region
Depending on the passage, Getting to know you and your boat is still an important part of the service. Departure planning is a major part of the success of any cruise, whither it's a long coastal passage or cruising slowly through an Arcipeligo or cruising region.
Ocean Tactics provides a discount for several Clubs and Associations, see below.
Single Passage- One Fee* covers all for our Offshore Weather Service as detailed above $347USD (Retail) for a single passage upto 3,000nm. $250USD for C&OC Members and $297USD for associated club members. Please enter your club Promo Code below to recieve your Discount.
For Coastal and Region Cruising let us taylor a service for you.
Making more than one passage in a cruising season? Then our Season Pass may benefit your needs. $650.00USD (Retail)/Cruising Season**. $550USD for C&OC Members and $597 for associated club members. Please enter your club Promo Code below to recieve your Discount.
PredictWind (Preferred) or other Tracking is a condition of service.
On completion of of the form below, you'll receive an invoce for payment via our Secure Payment Portal, Stripe, based on your choices. Input your Club Promo Code to recieve your clubs discount.
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Ocean Tactics is a Trading Name of 3sixty Marine Ltd.
* For passages in the Pacific & SE Asia upto 3,000nm other passages by negotiation.
** For Passages both Coastal and Offshore in the Pacific & SE Asia upto 3,000nm. Fair use pricipals apply. A total of 4 x Ocean and 3 x Coastal Routings in a one Cruising Season. See Conditions of Service below.
An Example - The Season Pass*** would cover passages from Panama to FP to Tonga/ Fiji then NZ. Routes through FP from Marquesas to Tuamotus, Society and Leeward Islands are regarded as coastal.****Cusp, out of Season or trans equitorial routing at our discretion and may incur a premium.
The Southern Cruising Season in the Pacific is regarded as late March/April and early May to end of October. ***March form Panama west, May from French Polynesia West and New Zealand/ Australia to the Pacific.
****Definitions.
Cusp - Passages from from Panama early March to beginning of April. Ocean Passages to the Western Pacific Islands from NZ and AU prior to May 1st are not advised. End of season Cusp, November.
Transequitorial - Passages crossing the ITCZ
Out of Season - Western Pacific, 1st December to 30th April.